Patent ID: 7896735

Claim:
A player console for enabling the play of a bonus game at a gaming machine of the type providing a base game and having an apparatus for a player to make a wager of a denomination and amount to play the base game, said console comprising: a microprocessor; a video display; a player input apparatus; said microprocessor configured to control the video display to display to the player at least one of, a representation including a scalar and numeric representation to the player of a rewards level reached by the player from a plurality of levels during successive plays of the base game, said rewards level related to the amount of the player's wager to play the base game and said rewards level determining a feature of the bonus game; an eligibility illuminator including a scalar having an end and providing to the player a graphic representation of the progression toward eligibility to play the bonus game during the play of a series of base games, said eligibility indicated when said scalar reaches said end.