Patent ID: 8210942

Claim:
A handheld gaming machine, comprising: an input device configured to receive a wager to initiate a wagering game; a video display configured to display the wagering game on the handheld gaming machine; a first actuator and a second actuator positioned at opposite sides of the handheld gaming machine; a memory storing a plurality of vibration profiles each representing a distinct combination of a vibration pattern, a vibration amplitude, or a vibration duration; and a controller coupled to the video display and to the first and second actuators, the controller programmed to cause the wagering game to be displayed on the video display and to cause, in response to an occurrence of a wagering game event, the first actuator to vibrate according to a first of the vibration profiles and the second actuator to vibrate according to a second of the vibration profiles to produce a vibration that represents an average of the vibrations produced by the first and second actuators and that is perceived tactilely by the player as emanating from a point between the first and second actuators.