Patent ID: 9192857
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A63F,G06F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) if a physical item associated with a monetary value is received by an acceptor, identifying, by a validator, the received physical item and establishing, by a processing circuit, a credit balance based at least in part on the monetary value associated with the received and identified physical item; (b) if a wager button is actuated, placing, by the processing circuit, a wager on a play of a game; (c) initiating, by the processing circuit, playing of a first audio file associated with the game and starting, by the processing circuit, a timer upon said initiation; (d) playing, by at least one output device, the first audio file; (e) comparing, by the processing circuit, beat data associated with the playing first audio file to the timer to predict when beats of the playing first audio file will occur; (f) upon an occurrence of an in-game event during said play of the game after initiation of the playing of the first audio file, identifying, by the processing circuit, a second audio file associated with the in-game event; initiating, by the processing circuit, playing of the second audio file at a point in time based at least in part on the predicted beats of the playing first audio file; and playing, by the at least one output device, the second audio file; and (g) if a cashout button is actuated, initiating, by the processing circuit, a payout associated with the credit balance.