Patent ID: 8167723

Claim:
A gaming system, comprising: one or more gaming machines including three reconfigurable video screens, wherein a first video screen presents a first game, the second video screen presents a pay table associated with the first game, and the third video screen presenting artwork associated with the first game, and wherein the gaming machines are remotely reconfigurable to display a second game on the three reconfigurable video screens in response to receiving a reconfiguration command and downloading the second game from a server via a network, enabling the second game to be presented on the first video screen, the pay table associated with the second game to be displayed on the second video screen, and the artwork associated with the second game to be displayed on the third video screen; a remotely configurable display sign separate and distinct from the gaming machines, wherein the remotely configurable display sign presents information associated with the game being presented on the gaming machine, wherein the configurable display sign includes one or more reconfigurable video screens, and wherein the configurable display sign enables downloadable information to be received and presented the downloadable information on the reconfigurable video screens; and a remotely-located processor in communication with the gaming machines and the configurable display sign, wherein the processor enables alteration of the content displayed on one or more of the reconfigurable video screens on the gaming machines and the remotely configurable display sign.