Patent ID: 8864585

Claim:
A push-button device associated with a gaming machine, the push-button device comprising: a button lens including interior and exterior surfaces extending to an outside perimeter, wherein in an operative state the exterior surface is exposed to and the interior surface is protected from a gaming environment external to a gaming machine; a side wall including a protected interior surface and an exposed exterior surface, the side wall extending downwardly from the outside perimeter of the button lens, the side wall including a first end attached to the outside perimeter of the button lens and a second end having an exposed edge, the button lens and side walls comprising a material that allows light to pass through; a textured surface located along a perimeter of the push-button device, the perimeter defined by at least one of the outside perimeter and the side wall; and a light source disposed below the second end of the side wall, the light source operative to transmit light into the side wall such that the perimeter of the push-button device is illuminated at the textured surface, the textured surface configured to dissipate the light over a substantial portion of the textured surface.