Patent ID: 8636598

Claim:
A wagering game system comprising: one or more processors; a motion-capable chair coupled to a wagering game machine, wherein the motion-capable chair moves in response to commands received from the one or more processors; and one or more memory devices storing instructions including a scripting language interpreter, the instructions, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, causing the wagering game machine to: load, into at least one of the one or more memory devices, a wagering game application and at least one script associate with a wagering game presented by the wagering game application, the wagering game including at least one motion-related event; read, via the scripting language interpreter, the at least one script and define chair motion commands corresponding to the at least one motion-related event in accordance with the at least one script; in response to receiving, via at least one of one or more input devices, an input indicative of a wager that initiates the wagering game, present the wagering game on the wagering game machine; and in response to an occurrence of the motion-related event during the wagering game, send, via an interface between the wagering game machine and the motion-capable chair, the chair motion commands to the motion-capable chair to cause the motion-capable chair to move in response to the motion-related event.