Playing the stock market means big risks with big money. But you can enjoy the same thrills for much less by wagering on stock market themed online slots. This article reviews two of the best.

A comparatively recent addition is a video slot from Realtime Gaming, appropriately titled Bulls and Bears. Here you will find symbols associated with the stock market such as stock investor, ring trader, ticker tape and stock certificates. Icons of wealth are used as the low paying symbols. The Bull and the Bear are both wild symbols. The Bull appears on reel 2 only while the Bear appears on reel 4 only. Each symbol individually doubles payouts as well. The stock exchange chart is the scatter symbol. Apart from awarding scatter payouts, this symbol triggers the Buy-Sell free spins feature when three or more appear left to right. You will be awarded from 5 to 15 free spins, depending on the number of scatter symbols in the trigger. You have to choose whether you want to buy or sell. If the option is to buy, then an extra free spin will be awarded every time the Bull symbol appears on the reels. If the option is to sell, then an extra free spin will be awarded every time the Bear symbol appears on the reels. All payouts are tripled during the free spins. Bulls and Bears video slot includes the Realtime Gaming Feature Guarantee. You will have to activate this feature by placing an additional wager. The Feature Guarantee ensures that the free spins will trigger after 100 spins, if they are not triggered in the normal way before then.

The eternal favorite stock market themed slot game has been Wall St. Fever from Playtech. It brings to life the excitement and frenzy of trading on the stock exchange. The symbols on the reels include phones, mobile phones, briefcases, computer monitors, stock charts, the Bull, dollar signs and wads of dollar bills. You can win up to 50 free spins, depending on the number of scatters in the trigger. The free spins can be retriggered. In the Stock Market bonus game on the second screen, you have to pick a security to sell. The profit you make on this trade is your bonus. The Wall Street logo is the wild symbol. If five of these symbols appear on a payline with all paylines enabled then the progressive jackpot is hit. It pays on an average $100,000 on a hit.