Patent ID: 8814661
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) causing an electronic gaming machine to operate in a default mode in which the electronic gaming machine has a default average expected payback percentage for each play of a wagering game; (b) causing at least one processor to determine a point in time at which the at least one processor should determine if the electronic gaming machine should operate in a hot mode, the electronic gaming machine having a greater average expected payback percentage for each play of the wagering game in the hot mode; (c) at the determined point in time, regardless of whether the electronic gaming machine is being played, causing the at least one processor to determine if the electronic gaming machine should operate in the hot mode; (d) after the at least one processor determines that the electronic gaming machine should operate in the hot mode, causing the electronic gaming machine to operate in the hot mode for a designated period of play; and (e) when the electronic gaming machine is part of a group of electronic gaming machines played by a plurality of players and when the electronic gaming machine is in the hot mode, causing a display of an indication that one of the electronic gaming machines of the group is in the hot mode without informing any of the plurality of players which of the electronic gaming machines in the group is in the hot mode.