Patent ID: 8684814

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a computing device; and a non-transitory machine-readable memory having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed cause the apparatus to: determine a respective values of at least three financial market indicators; cause a first value of the respective values of the at least three financial market indicators to be displayed in a first reel of a slot game, in which the first value is from a first financial market indicator of the at least three financial market indicators; cause a second value of the respective values of the at least three financial market indicators to be displayed in a second reel of a slot game, in which the first value is from a second financial market indicator of the at least three financial market indicators; cause a third value of the respective values of the at least three financial market indicators to be displayed in a third reel of a slot game, in which the first value is from a third financial market indicator of the at least three financial market indicators; update the first value displayed in the first reel based on changes to the first financial market indicator, the second value displayed in the second reel based on changes to the second financial market indicator, and the third value displayed in the third reel based on changes to the third financial market indicator; receive a first stop command at a first time from a first player of the slot game; in response to receiving the first stop command, stop updating the first value; receive a second stop command at a second time from the first player; in response to receiving the second stop command, stop updating the second value; receive a third stop command at a third time from the first player; in response to receiving the third stop command, stop updating the third value; determine an outcome of the slot game based on the last updated first value, the last updated second value, and the last updated third value.