Patent ID: 8684846

Claim:
A gaming machine adapted for accepting a wager, playing a game based on the wager and granting a payout based on a result of the wager-based game, comprising: an exterior housing arranged to contain a plurality of internal gaming machine components therein; a master gaming controller in communication with at least one of said plurality of internal gaming machine components and configured to execute or control one or more aspects of said wager based game; a primary display in communication with said master gaming controller and configured to present said result of said wager based game; a plurality of dynamic displays located on or about said gaming machine and configured to display video data, said plurality of dynamic displays being separate display devices from said primary display and being coupled with a flexible cable at locations spaced along the flexible cable such that the plurality of dynamic displays may be arranged in a plurality of configurations; and a plurality of dynamic display controllers located separately from said master gaming controller and configured to directly control video data displayed on said plurality of dynamic displays, wherein at least one of the plurality of dynamic display controllers is further configured to detect types of said plurality of dynamic displays, wherein at least one dynamic display controller of said plurality of dynamic display controllers is further configured to verify a configuration or location of said plurality of dynamic displays, and wherein said plurality of dynamic display controllers are in direct or indirect communication with said master gaming controller.