| US 7,488,245 B2 | ||
| Financial trading game | ||
| Eugene Jarvis, Park Ridge, Ill. (US); and Andrew Eloff, Evanston, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to IGT, Reno, Nev. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 05, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/381,955. | ||
| Application 11/381955 is a division of application No. 10/002553, filed on Nov. 23, 2001, granted, now 7,040,982. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0211469 A1, Sep. 21, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A63F 13/00 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 463—9 [463/16; 463/25; 463/37; 700/91] | 45 Claims |
| 1. A gaming device operable under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising:
a game which includes an item that is associated with a plurality of different values;
a display device controlled by the processor; and
a graph displayable by the display device, said graph having a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, wherein the vertical axis
corresponds to the different values associated with said item and the horizontal axis corresponds to an indication of time;
wherein the processor is programmed to operate with the display device to:
(a) randomly generate one of the values associated with the item;
(b) display said value by plotting said value on said graph;
(c) repeat (a) and (b) until a termination event occurs; and
(d) when a termination event occurs, provide the player with an outcome based on said at least one of said values plotted
on said graph.
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