Patent ID: 6814666
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
In a topper construction for a gaming machine,front and rear sheet-form articles forming an arted viewable display field award area and an opaque non-viewable staging area, said sheet-form articles being disposed in front of the player of the gaming machine, partition means forming a plurality of stations between said sheet-form articles in said non-viewable area, a driver magnet on the rear side behind said rear sheet-form articles, motorized drive means for selectively driving said driver magnet in closely spaced parallel relation to said rear sheet-form article, a corresponding plurality of independently movable follower magnets normally passively housed in parked relation with each in a corresponding one of said stations, and control means for regulating said driver magnet to selectively choose and magnetically link one of said follower magnets as a selected follower magnet, said control means together with said driver magnet activating said selected follower magnet together moving in unison into the viewable area for cuing the player as to achievable awards modified as a function of the said selected follower magnet, each of said follower magnets having different modifying factors to enhance the achievable awards available to the machine player.