Patent ID: 7488252
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine adapted for accepting a wager, playing a game based on the wager and granting a payout based on the result of the game, comprising: an exterior housing arranged to contain a plurality of internal gaming machine components therein; a master gaming controller in communication with at least one of said plurality of internal gaming machine components and adapted to control one or more aspects of said game; a reversible liquid crystal display device in communication with said master gaming controller, located within or about said exterior housing and configured to display a first visual image from a first surface and a second visual image from a second surface opposite said first surface, said display device having at least one liquid crystal display cell, a plurality of illumination components and a plurality of virtual curtains adapted to alternate between reflecting light into said liquid crystal display cell and permitting light from said liquid crystal display cell to pass therethrough; and one or more optical devices adapted to redirect at least one of said first and second visual images such that the redirected visual image is not viewed directly from said liquid crystal display cell.