Patent ID: 8702492

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming device, said gaming device including a plurality of instructions, said method comprising: (a) prior to initiating a play of a wagering game on the gaming device: (i) causing at least one display device to display audiovisual programming at the gaming device, content of the audiovisual programming being content produced for a purpose other than for use on gaming devices, (ii) causing a processor to execute the plurality of instructions to monitor content of the audiovisual programming for an occurrence of a wagering game initiation trigger within the content as the audiovisual programming is being displayed, and (iii) causing the processor to execute the plurality of instructions to detect, via the monitoring, the occurrence of the wagering game initiation trigger within the content of the displayed audiovisual programming; and (b) after a detection of the occurrence of the wagering game initiation trigger within the content of the audiovisual programming: (i) causing the processor to execute the plurality of instructions to initiate the play of the wagering game on the gaming device, (ii) causing the processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly determine a wagering game outcome for the initiated play of the wagering game, (iii) causing the at least one display device to display the randomly determined wagering game outcome, (iv) causing the processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award associated with the randomly determined wagering game outcome, and (v) causing the at least one display device to display any determined award.