Patent ID: 8429558

Claim:
A network server in a casino environment, the network server comprising: a communications interface configured to communicate with a plurality of gaming machines via a network; memory configured to store an aspect ratio specific data set including data associated with generating graphics information for a wager-based game for a plurality of aspect ratios, wherein the aspect ratio specific data set further includes a plurality of subsets of data, each subset comprising graphics content designed for display at a specific aspect ratio; and one or more processors operable to: receive from a first gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines, via the communications interface, an indication of a first aspect ratio associated with a first display at the first gaming machine, the first gaming machine configured to store base data for displaying graphical content associated with the wager-based game, select, based on the first aspect ratio, first aspect ratio specific data from the aspect ratio specific data set that can complement or replace at least a portion of the base data in order to display the graphical content associated with the wager-based game on the first display at the first aspect ratio, and transmit to the first gaming machine, via the communications interface, the first aspect ratio specific data for displaying the graphical content associated with the wager-based game on the first gaming machine, thereby allowing the base data and the first aspect ratio specific data to be used to display the graphical content associated with the wager-based game on the first display.