Gaming apparatus having wide screen display

• US 20070265099A1
• Filed: 07/17/2007
• Published: 11/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Patent Rights Protection Group LLC
• Original Assignee: Patent Rights Protection Group LLC
• Inventors: Cole, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US11/879,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20070265099A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/46
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3216 Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects

Abstract

A gaming apparatus for presenting a wager-type game comprises a housing, a wager accepting device, a controller and a display. The controller is configured to cause wagering game information to be displayed by the display in response to a wager. The display comprises a flat-panel display having a wide screen format.

Claims

1. A gaming apparatus configured to present one or more wager-based games comprising:

a cabinet, a door connected to said cabinet, said door moveable between a first position and a second position, said door in said first position cooperating with said cabinet to define a generally closed interior space, said door in said second position permitting access to said interior space, said door having a front and a rear;

a wager accepting device;

a generally planar video display having a wide screen format; and

a controller configured to cause game information to be displayed by said video display in response to acceptance of a wager.

2. The gaming apparatus in accordance with claim 1 including a mechanism for awarding winnings for a winning game outcome.

3. The gaming apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said planar video display comprises a LCD display.

4. The gaming apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said controller is configured to cause video poker game information to be displayed, said video poker game information comprising images of one or more cards.

5. The gaming apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said controller is configured to cause video slot information to be displayed, said video slot information comprising images of one or more symbols.

6. The gaming apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said video display has an aspect ratio greater than 4:

3.

7. The gaming apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said video display has a length and a width, said length exceeding said width, said video display mounted so that said length extends generally horizontally with respect to said gaming apparatus.

8. The gaming apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said video display is a plasma display.