Patent ID: 9747754
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method of operating a convertible gaming system including a set of networked gaming machines, the method including: (a) receiving wager inputs for individual play at the set of networked gaming machines operating in an in-revenue operating mode, one or more of the networked gaming machines including a respective display system having a first display area and a second display area separate from the first display area; (b) under control of a tournament controller operatively connected to the set of networked gaming machines, converting at least some of the set of networked gaming machines from the in-revenue operating mode to a competition operating mode for group play; and (c) during the competition operating mode, simultaneously displaying a leader board and a video feed of a player at the respective display system of at least one of the networked gaming machines converted to the competition operating mode, the leader board including current relative positions of participants in the group play, the video feed of the player being displayed within the respective first display area spaced apart laterally from an individual result of play in the competition operating mode and the leader board being displayed within the respective second display area.