Patent ID: 7367885
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a game of chance in a gaming machine that is operable i) to receive cash or indicia of credit for a wager on a game of chance and ii) to output cash or an indicia of credit as an award for the game of chance where the gaming machine comprises a master gaming controller, a display device, a memory device and a 3-D graphical rendering system, the method comprising: receiving the wager for the game of chance controlled by the master gaming controller on the gaming machine; determining a game outcome for the game of chance; during at least the game of chance, generating a 3-D text object comprising; rendering one or more two-dimensional images derived from three-dimensional (3-D) objects in a 3-D gaming environment stored in the memory device on the gaming machine wherein at least one of the 3-D objects is the 3-D text object; and displaying the one or more rendered two-dimensional images to the display device on the gaming machine.