Patent ID: 8602896

Claim:
A method for enabling player interaction with a gaming machine in a regulated gaming system, the regulated gaming system including a plurality of distributed computer nodes communicating over a network, the method comprising: displaying on a touch-screen display of the regulated gaming machine a plurality of game gadgets, each of the game gadgets being an icon on the touch-screen display corresponding to a game that is selectable and playable on the regulated gaming machine; associating each game gadget of the plurality of game gadgets with a corresponding service oriented provider, each service oriented provider being configured to control its associated game gadget and to provide a service related to the game to a service oriented subscriber, the service oriented subscriber controlling what is displayed on the touch-screen display and being configured to receive the service from the service oriented provider to thereby provide information related to the game on the touch-screen display; detecting a selection on the touch-screen display of one of the displayed game gadgets; responsive to detecting the selection, providing, via the service oriented provider, services for carrying out a selected interaction related to the game corresponding to the selected game gadget; executing, via the service oriented subscriber, the services provided by the service oriented provider on the regulated gaming machine to allow information related to the game corresponding to the selected game gadget to be displayed on the regulated gaming machine and allow the game to be played by a player; and displaying a promotional video during the executing, the promotional video occupying another interactive zone on the touch-screen display and capable of receiving an input, the other interactive zone associated with a video service oriented provider that provides video services to a video service oriented subscriber configured to consume the video services and present the promotional video on the touch-screen display.