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You've played lots of slot machines. They may look different, but they
all have one thing in common: one pull is just like every other. If
you want to choose different gameplay, you have to get up and move to another
machine -- or at the very least, select a different game from the multi-game
menu.
DayTrader is the first of a new breed of slot machine game where the
player can alter their gameplay experience by making more than one bet at
a time on independent propositions. DayTrader itself is a
stock market simulation wagering game. Here's how it works:
How To Play
- Unlike traditional slot machines, making a bet in DayTrader doesn't
start the game -- not yet. The player's bet is converted into a virtual
"daytrading" account first.
- Once the virtual account is funded, the player selects one or more virtual
stocks to invest in for the day. Each stock represents shares of a
different company, and each stock has a different behavior relative to the
overall market -- just like real life.
- After the player has selected the stock(s) in which to invest, the trading
day begins. Each stock will either gain or lose value based on different
random parameters, and the movement in each stock will be visually displayed
on a "real-time quote" graph on the screen.
- At the end of the day the player's portfolio will be worth more or less
than when they started, based on their investments. Depending on the
results of the trading day, the player may win or lose their cash wager.
- The player can re-allocate their virtual funds to other investments at any
time, but this is not necessary between every game. Once a player finds
a stock portfolio that suits her, she can simply re-bet and start a new
trading day right away. A trading day may only last four seconds, which
can yield a play rate equivalent to traditional slot machines.
Key Benefits and Facts
- Like the real stock market, each stock in DayTrader moves up
and down every day. The information from previous trading days
will be stored and can be viewed as historical charts. In this
way, the player can do research on the virtual stocks in the market,
adding to the thematic realism.
- Furthermore, the daily behavior of each stock is different.
Though all the stock movements are determined randomly, each stock's
randomness will have a different volatility, or "beta" in stock-market
parlance. A higher beta means greater average swings in the price
of the stock, while a lower beta means the stock moves less wildly.
This information can also be used to help players select which virtual
stocks they desire, and is a primary way for them to alter their own
gaming experience without picking a different game entirely.
- The technology behind DayTrader is patent-pending.
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