Patent ID: 8172683

Claim:
A casino gaming system that provides an opportunity to win a prize in response to game play, each game being played in exchange for monetary input, the gaming system comprising: a casino game server, wherein the casino game server stores one or more games in electronic form; and a plurality of casino game units each including a casino web browser, connected to the casino game server over a wired casino network, wherein the casino game system enables a player to receive a prize at a casino game unit in response to winning casino game play, and wherein the prize comprises a physical prize, coins, cash, or a ticket voucher for a physical prize, coins, or cash; wherein the casino gaming system enables one or more casino game units to request games from the casino game server over the wired casino network, and one or more games to be downloaded over the casino network from the casino game server to the requesting game unit to be executed at the game unit and to be displayed in one or more casino web browsers.