Patent ID: 9592449
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F

Claim:
1. A gaming system for playing a game, the gaming system comprising: a display; a credit input mechanism configured to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity; and a game controller responsive to the credit input mechanism having accepted a credit, and configured to: wherein the game controller is further configured (a) to initially display, via the display, the avatar having a first appearance characteristic that is indicative of the player game data having a first state, (b) to change said first appearance characteristic to a second appearance characteristic in response to the player game data one or more of increasing or decreasing from said first state to a second state, and (c) to change said second appearance characteristic back to said first appearance characteristic if the player game data changes from said second state to said first state.