Patent ID: 6368216
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A gaming machine comprising:a chassis defining a gaming machine interior region and a gaming machine exterior surface; a gaming machine controller for controlling the outcome of a primary game played on said gaming machine; a main display capable of presenting the outcome of the primary game on the gaming machine; a secondary display, which is a flat panel display, provided on said gaming machine at a location disposed apart from said main display and displaying video content including a secondary bonus game of chance play, wherein a single wager concurrently activates both the primary game and the secondary bonus game, and wherein the outcome of the secondary game depends only on at least one of (i) the number of plays on the primary game and (ii) the outcome of those plays on the primary game, without depending upon a race against a timer or against players on other gaming machines; and a player tracking device mounted on said chassis, said player tracking device comprising, (a) a display, separate from said main display and said secondary display, (b) one or more interfaces designed or configured to input player tracking information into the gaming machine; (c) a network interface designed or configured to send and to receive player tracking information over a player tracking network; (d) a logic device, separate from the gaming machine controller, designed or configured to send player tracking information to the gaming machine controller, wherein the gaming machine controller is designed or configured to cause player tracking information and video content related to the player tracking information to be displayed on at least one of the main display and the secondary display.