Patent ID: 8313382

Claim:
An operator control interface for configuration of wagering games, comprising: a control screen for displaying, in a first area of the control screen, an arrangement of text or graphic indicia of corresponding titles or themes of a plurality of available primary wagering games playable on a gaming device by a player and for displaying, in a second area of the control screen, a plurality of available supplemental game features associated with each of the primary wagering games; at least one input device for receiving configuration inputs from an operator of the operator control interface; and at least one controller operative to: (i) in response to a first configuration input received from the operator via the at least one input device, add a text or graphical indicia of a title or theme of a selected primary wagering game from the available primary wagering games to be displayed on the gaming device to a first wagering game configuration, the first wagering game configuration corresponding to customizable or controllable attributes of the selected primary wagering game to be displayed on the gaming device; (ii) cause the control screen to display the added text or graphical indicia in a configuration area of the control screen; (iii) in response to a second configuration input received from the operator via the at least one input device, add a selected supplemental game feature from the available supplemental game features to the first wagering game configuration, the selected supplemental game feature corresponding to a game feature, game, or activity in which the player participates during play of the selected primary wagering game; (iv) cause the control screen to display the first wagering game configuration, including the text or graphical indicia and the selected supplemental game feature, in the configuration area and an overall payback percentage of the first wagering game configuration, the overall payback percentage being dynamically updated in response to the selected supplemental game feature being added to the first wagering game configuration.