GAMING DEVICE HAVING A TOP BOX WITH A RECONFIGURABLE POINTER

• US 20110118014A1
• Filed: 11/16/2009
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bally Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Wudtke, Karl E., Bernard, Vernon H. II, Mitchell, Michael J., Wadleigh, William R.
• Application Number:
  US12/619,631
• Publication Number:
  US 20110118014A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/30
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3202 Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means

Abstract

Various embodiments are directed to gaming machines with a top box having a reconfigurable pointer. The reconfigurable pointer identifies a particular game outcome and is alterable for different games. According to one embodiment, the gaming machine includes a first display located within a main cabinet for presenting a main game, and a second display located in a top box for presenting a second game. In one embodiment, the main cabinet also includes a virtual button deck for controlling the main game and the second game.

Claims

1. A gaming device, comprising:

a main display for presenting a primary game;

a top box having a video display, wherein the video display presents a secondary game when a triggering event has been established during play of the primary game;

one or more reconfigurable pointers positioned on the top box, wherein one or more reconfigurable pointers identify an outcome of the secondary game; and

a touch glass producing touch data when activated, wherein the touch data initiates play of the secondary game.

2. The gaming device of claim 1, further comprising a computer processing unit for determining whether a triggering event has been established in order to present a secondary game on the video display.

3. The gaming device of claim 1, further comprising a player interface for receiving player input.

4. The gaming device of claim 3, wherein the touch glass is positioned over the player interface.

5. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the touch glass is positioned in front of the video display.

6. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the secondary game comprises a first wheel adjacent to a second wheel, wherein the first wheel includes a plurality of credit values and the second wheel includes a plurality of multiplier values.

7. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more reconfigurable pointers includes a video display.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein configuring one or more reconfigurable pointers further comprises selecting one or more of the reconfigurable to be active during play of the bonus game.

8. A method for presenting a bonus game in a top box of a gaming device, the top box having a video display and one or more reconfigurable pointers, the method comprising:

receiving player input initiating play of a game on a gaming device;

determining whether a trigger event is established during play of the game;

configuring one or more reconfigurable pointers in response to the trigger event being established;

displaying the bonus game on the video display in response to the trigger event being established;

receiving touch data from the player after the trigger event is established, wherein the touch data initiates play of the bonus game; and

identifying an outcome of the bonus game with one or more of the reconfigurable pointers.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the bonus game comprises a first wheel adjacent to a second wheel, wherein the first wheel includes a plurality of credit values and the second wheel includes a plurality of multiplier values.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the touch data causes the first wheel to rotate in a first direction and the second wheel to rotate in a second direction.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first direction and the second direction are the same.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions.