Method and apparatus for providing secondary gaming machine functionality
DCFirst Claim
1. A gaming machine comprising:
- a plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices;
a master gaming controller configured to generate and transmit information to said plurality of gaming machine peripherals, said master gaming controller configured to operate with said plurality of gaming machine peripherals to randomly determine a game outcome for a play of a first game; and
a secondary controller interposed between at least one of said plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices and said master gaming controller, said secondary controller configured to;
(a) cause the at least one of said plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices to not display the randomly determined game outcome for the play of the first game,(b) determine a game outcome for a play of a different second game, said determination being at least partially based on the randomly determined game outcome for the play of the first game, and(c) cause said at least one of said plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices to display the game outcome for the play of the different second game.
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Abstract
A modified gaming machine includes a plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices for use in implementing one or more games to a player, and a master gaming controller configured to implement primary gaming machine functionality, including generating and transmitting information to the plurality of gaming machine peripherals. The modified gaming machine further comprises a secondary controller interposed between one or more of the plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices and the master gaming controller, whereby the secondary controller may forward information generated by the master gaming controller to the gaming machine peripheral devices and transmit secondary information to the peripheral devices.
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14 Claims
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1. A gaming machine comprising:
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a plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices; a master gaming controller configured to generate and transmit information to said plurality of gaming machine peripherals, said master gaming controller configured to operate with said plurality of gaming machine peripherals to randomly determine a game outcome for a play of a first game; and a secondary controller interposed between at least one of said plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices and said master gaming controller, said secondary controller configured to; (a) cause the at least one of said plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices to not display the randomly determined game outcome for the play of the first game, (b) determine a game outcome for a play of a different second game, said determination being at least partially based on the randomly determined game outcome for the play of the first game, and (c) cause said at least one of said plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices to display the game outcome for the play of the different second game. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of operating a gaming machine, said method comprising:
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(a) causing a master gaming controller to operate with a plurality of gaming machine peripherals to randomly determine a game outcome for a play of a first game; (b) causing a secondary controller interposed between at least one of said plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices and said master gaming controller to cause the at least one of said plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices to not display the randomly determined game outcome for the play of the first game; (c) causing the secondary controller to determine a game outcome for a play of a different second game, said determination being at least partially based on the randomly determined game outcome for the play of the first game; and (d) causing the secondary controller to cause said at least one of said plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices to display the game outcome for the play of the different second game. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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