Patent ID: 7758429
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: (a) a gaming machine cabinet including a main door, the gaming machine cabinet having an elongated, substantially horizontal, recessed opening; (b) a top box situated on top of the gaming machine cabinet; and (c) a player tracking panel having a horizontal width and a vertical length, the player tracking panel fitting in the recessed opening and attached to the gaming machine cabinet by a hinge at one end in a manner allowing the player tracking panel to be swung away from the gaming machine cabinet, about a generally vertical rotational axis, to provide access to an interior region of the cabinet through the recessed opening, the player tracking panel including player tracking devices distributed along the horizontal width of the panel and associated electronics mounted thereto for processing user interactions with the devices such that the player tracking devices and associated electronics remain operationally mounted to the panel while being swung away from the gaming machine cabinet, such that the player tracking devices and associated electronics are directly exposed on a rear side of the player tracking panel when the player tracking panel is swung away from the gaming machine cabinet.