Patent ID: 7962400

Claim:
A method comprising, receiving by a computing system from a computing device in use by a user a wager that comprises a plurality of bets including at least a first bet and a second bet: wherein the first bet comprises one of: a bet that a value of a first financial market indicator will be up at an end of a first predetermined period of time as compared to the value of the first financial market indicator at a beginning of the first predetermined period of time, and a bet that the value of the first financial market indicator will be down at the end of the first predetermined period of time as compared to the value of the first financial market indicator at the beginning of the first predetermined period of time; and wherein the second bet comprises one of: a bet that a value of a second financial market indicator will be up at an end of a second predetermined period of time as compared to the value of the second financial market indicator at a beginning of the second predetermined period of time, and a bet that the value of the second financial market indicator will be down at the end of the second predetermined period of time as compared to the value of the second financial market indicator at the beginning of the second predetermined period of time, and wherein the computing system and computing device are communicatively coupled via a communications network; determining by the computing system at least one of: an outcome of the first bet based at least in part on whether the value of the first financial market indicator is up, is down, or is unchanged at the end of the first predetermined period of time, and an outcome of the second bet based at least in part on whether the value of the second financial market indicator is up, is down, or is unchanged at the end of the second predetermined period of time; determining by the computing system an outcome of the wager based at least in part on at least one of: the outcome of the first bet, and the outcome of the second bet; and communicating by the computing system the outcome of the wager to the user via the computing device; wherein determining at least one of the outcome of the first bet and the outcome of the second bet comprises determining that at least one of the outcome of the first bet and the outcome of the second bet is a win; wherein determining the outcome of the wager comprises determining that the outcome of the wager is a win based at least in part on determining that at least one of the outcome of the first bet and the outcome of the second bet is a win; and wherein the method further comprises: based at least in part on determining that the outcome of the wager is a win, determining by the computing system a payout, wherein an amount of the payout is greater when the outcome of the first bet and the outcome of the second bet are wins than when only one of the outcome of the first bet and the outcome of the second bet is a win.