Patent ID: 8912727

Claim:
A method of controlling a light chain in a wagering game environment, the method comprising: determining the light chain indicated in a light chain command for creating a light effect with the light chain; accessing light chain structure data that indicate a plurality of light chains and a plurality of constituent lighting devices for each of the plurality of light chains, wherein the plurality of light chains includes the light chain; determining, from the light chain structure data, the plurality of constituent lighting devices that constitute the light chain and configuration of the light chain with respect to the plurality of constituent lighting devices that constitute the light chain; determining attributes for each of the plurality of constituent lighting devices that constitute the light chain; for each of the plurality of constituent lighting devices that constitute the light chain, determining at least one lighting device command based on the light chain command and on the configuration of the light chain; constructing a command sequence with the lighting device commands to implement the light chain command for creating the light effect based, at least in part, on the attributes; and transmitting each of the lighting device commands to corresponding ones of the plurality of constituent lighting devices in accordance with the command sequence.