Patent ID: 8668570

Claim:
A method of presenting game feature information through a gaming machine, the method including: (a) displaying a button graphic on a touch screen video display device associated with a gaming machine, the button graphic defining a button display area which, when touched, causes a touch screen controller associated with the touch screen video display device to generate a game feature input for the gaming machine which in turn causes the gaming machine to take an action relating to a game feature; (b) in association with taking the action, changing the button graphic to add a first message regarding the game feature, the first message including text regarding the action taken; (c) the game feature further comprising a bonus game, and wherein taking the action includes changing a state of the gaming machine from an ineligible state for the bonus game to an eligible state for the bonus game, and wherein the first message includes text indicating that the gaming machine is in the eligible state for the bonus game; and (d) wherein taking the action includes applying a bonus game wager for a play in the bonus game.