Patent ID: 8062115

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: an input device for receiving a signal representing a wager associated with a wagering game; a video display for displaying the wagering game and a randomly selected outcome thereof; a multipoint sensing device positioned adjacent to the video display and having an output for outputting multipoint input data indicative of a multipoint input relative to the video display such that the multipoint input corresponds to at least two distinct contact points sensed simultaneously by the multipoint sensing device, wherein the multipoint input includes a gesture made by at least one of the contact points; and a controller coupled to the multipoint sensing device and the video display, the controller being programmed to: determine a distance between the at least two distinct contact points; cause the video display to display a graphic that appears to move at a velocity related to the distance and in a direction related to the positions of the at least two distinct contact points, wherein the graphic has more than one degree of freedom of movement; and execute a predetermined wagering-game function that causes an award to be revealed on the video display in a manner that appears to have been influenced by the graphic, the award being determined by the randomly selected outcome.