Patent ID: 8608546
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing wagering games through a gaming machine, the method including: (a) simultaneously displaying a base game graphic and a side game graphic on a display system of the gaming machine, the base game graphic being displayed under control of a first processing device associated with the gaming machine and the side game graphic being displayed under control of the first processing device or a second processing device associated with the gaming machine; (b) receiving a game play input through a player input system of the gaming machine, the game play input being associated with a wager for the base game; (c) in response to the game play input, modifying the base game graphic under control of the first processing device to display a base game outcome presentation correlated to a base game outcome for the base game, and over a common period of time with modifying the base game graphic, modifying the side game graphic under control of the first processing device or the second processing device to display a side game outcome presentation correlated to a side game outcome for a side game, the base game outcome being distinct from the side game outcome; and (d) displaying through the display system (i) the award of any cash or credit prize correlated to the base game outcome presentation and (ii) the award of any cash or credit prize correlated to the side game outcome presentation.