Patent ID: 7828658
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. An input device permitting a player to provide two inputs to a gaming machine comprising: an input device, said device comprising a body moveable only along a fixed path between a first position and a second position and at least one speed sensor configured to sense a speed of said body as it moves along said path, said input device configured to generate a first discrete signal comprising a first input required to present said game to said player when said at least one speed sensor senses that said body is moving a first speed and configured to generate a second discrete signal comprising a second input required for said player to participate in said game and receive a winning outcome when said at least one speed sensor senses that said body is moving a second speed different than said first speed as said body moves along said path, whereby said input device generates two discrete input signals required for presentation of said game to said player based upon a single movement of said body along said fixed path.