Patent ID: 8613663

Claim:
A gaming device, comprising: a gaming cabinet; a first monitor, a second monitor, and a third monitor mounted in the gaming cabinet, wherein at least the first monitor presents one or more games; a multi-core processor in communication with a first video chipset and a second video chipset, wherein the first and second video chipsets support the first, second and third monitors; a video server in communication with the one or more games; a first X server in communication with the video server and the first video chipset; and a second X server in communication with the video server and the second video chipset, the video server concurrently outputting graphical data associated with the one or more games to the first video chipset and the second video chipset enabling concurrent presentation on the first, second, and third monitors of the one or more games; wherein the gaming device is configured to determine whether a triggering event has occurred to reconfigure the first, second and third monitors to display a secondary game, the secondary game having a plurality of configurations based upon a player wager, and to initiate reconfiguring the first, second and third monitors to display the secondary game upon determining that the triggering event has occurred; wherein the gaming device is configured to configure the secondary game into a distinct configuration of the plurality of configurations based upon the player wager independently of initiating reconfiguring the first, second and third monitors to display the secondary game, such that certain items in a field of play each have distinct functionality determined by the player wager.