Patent ID: 8758108
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing, by a computing device, a representation of a market indicator and a possible future value of the market indicator associated with a future time, wherein a distance between the market indicator and the possible future value decreases as a future time becomes closer to a current time; causing, by the computing device, a user interface to display a plurality of wager propositions, wherein each wager proposition is associated with respective odds, and is associated with a respective possible future value of a plurality of possible future values, wherein the possible future value is one of the plurality of possible future values; wherein the possible future value includes at least one of a first high line and a first low line; providing, by the computing device, a representation of a second possible future value associated with the future time, the second possible future value comprising at least one of a second low line and a second high line; determining, by the computing device, the respective odds of each wager based at least in part on a distance of the future time from a current time and at least in part on a market trend associated with the market indicator; adjusting, by the computing device, at least one of the respective odds and the respective possible future value based on a market condition; receiving, by the computing device, a wager placed on the market indicator, the wager indicating that the market indicator will be one of higher and lower than the possible future value of the market indicator at the future time, wherein one of the wager propositions is the wager, wherein the wager identifies whether the actual value of the market indicator will be higher than or lower than the future value at the future time and the possible future value; purchasing, by the computing device, a financial instrument to hedge against a player winning the wager; preventing, by the computing device, a player making the wager from engaging in a financial transaction related to the market indicator; before the future time occurs, allowing, by the computing device, a user to play a slot machine game that includes at least one reel, wherein, for each play of the slot machine game, the at least one reel displays at least one digit, and wherein an outcome of play of the slot machine game is determined based at least in part on a comparison between the at least one digit and the possible future value, wherein the future value includes a plurality of digits, wherein the at least one reel includes a plurality of reels; causing, by the computing device, the user interface to display the plurality of slot reels, wherein each slot reel corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of digits; and receiving, by the computing device, a stop command from a submitter of the wager; determining, by the computing device, an outcome of the wager based on the possible future value and an actual value of the financial indicator at the future time; wherein if the wager identifies that the market indicator will be greater than the possible future value at the future time, then the slot machine game outcome is a winning bet if a second value corresponding the second plurality of digits is greater than the possible future value, and if the wager identifies that the market indicator will be less than the possible future value at the future time, then the slot machine game outcome is a winning bet if the second value is less than the possible future value; wherein the second value includes a sum of the second plurality of digits; wherein the market indicator is associated with at least one of: the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Financial Times Stock Exchange, and the S&P 500; and in which a bonus outcome of the slot machine game is determined based on the at least one digit comprising at least one of a straight and a number of identical digits.