Patent ID: 7390257

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming machine, comprising: displaying a selection menu on a display at a remote network, the selection menu having a list of illumination instructions and a list of triggering events; receiving an input signal by the remote network to associate one of the illumination instructions with at least one of the triggering events; transmitting the input signal from the remote network to a plurality of gaming machines, each of the plurality of gaming machines having a processor therein to control a plurality of gaming machine functions; receiving the input signal by the processor, the input signal having the illumination instruction associated with at least one of the triggering events; storing the input signal input in the processor; detecting a triggering event by the processor based upon one of the plurality of gaming machine functions; transmitting an illumination instruction signal associated with the detected triggering event from the processor to a candle mounted on the gaming machine, the candle having a plurality of colored LEDs; and illuminating the plurality of colored LEDs provide a selected color illumination pattern based upon the transmitted illumination instruction signal; whereby triggering one or more of the colored LEDs provides color change of the candle, without requiring the use or removal or insertion of a colored plastic insert within the candle for changing the color that is displayed.