Gaming signage including one of more movable display monitors
View Patent ↗A gaming signage system may include one or more movable displays. One or more movable displays may present first visual effects while the one or more moveable displays are in a first configuration in which at least one game feature presentation device is not viewable. In response to a trigger event indication (which may correspond to a base game event), the movable display(s) may move to a second configuration and reveal the game feature presentation device. The game feature presentation device may be used to present a bonus feature and/or to present a different aspect of the base game. Alternatively, at least a portion of a movable display may be hidden when in a first configuration. At least the portion of the movable display(s) may present a bonus feature and/or a different aspect of the base game when in the second configuration.
1. A gaming signage system, comprising:
a gaming signage display system including one or more moveable gaming signage displays and one or more stationary gaming signage displays proximate the one or more moveable gaming signage displays;
a gaming signage motor system comprising one or more motors that are configured to position the one or more moveable gaming signage displays;
an interface system configured for communication between the gaming signage system and a gaming system, the gaming system including one or more electronic gaming machines, wherein the electronic gaming machine is in a bank of electronic gaming machines below the one or more moveable gaming signage displays; and
a gaming signage control system including one or more processors, the gaming signage control system being configured for:
controlling the gaming signage display system to present first visual effects on one or more of the one or more stationary gaming signage displays while the one or more gaming signage moveable displays are in a first configuration in which at least a portion of at least one of the gaming signage moveable displays is not viewable;
receive, via the interface system, a trigger event indication corresponding to an instance of a base game that is being provided by at least a portion of the gaming system; and
controlling the gaming signage motor system to move the one or more moveable gaming signage displays from the first configuration to a second configuration in response to the trigger event indication, the second configuration being a configuration in which the portion of at least one of the moveable gaming signage displays is viewable; and
presenting a game feature on at least one of the moveable gaming signage displays.
2. The gaming signage system of claim 1 , wherein the first configuration is a configuration in which at least the portion of the one or more gaming signage moveable displays is not viewable because at least the portion is obscured by the one or more stationary gaming signage displays when in the first configuration.
3. The gaming signage system of claim 1 , wherein the trigger event indication corresponds to the instance of the base game that is being provided by an electronic gaming machine of the one or more electronic gaming machines.
4. The gaming signage system of claim 3 , wherein the trigger event indication is determined via a random number generator.
5. The gaming signage system of claim 3 , wherein the trigger event indication corresponds to a win of the instance of the base game.
6. The gaming signage system of claim 3 , wherein the trigger event indication corresponds to a predetermined combination of symbols.
7. The gaming signage system of claim 3 , wherein the trigger event indication corresponds to an initiation of one or more bonus games.
8. The gaming signage system of claim 1 , wherein the gaming signage control system is configured to present the base game on the one or more stationary gaming signage displays.
9. A method of controlling a gaming signage system, the method comprising:
controlling, via a gaming signage control system that includes one or more processors, a gaming signage display system, that includes one or more moveable gaming signage displays and one or more stationary gaming signage displays proximate the one or more moveable gaming signage displays, to present first visual effects on one or more of the one or more stationary gaming signage displays while the one or more gaming signage moveable displays are in a first configuration in which at least a portion of at least one of the gaming signage moveable displays is not viewable;
receiving, via an interface system configured for communication between the gaming signage system and a gaming system, the gaming system including one or more electronic gaming machines, wherein the electronic gaming machine is in a bank of electronic gaming machines below the one or more moveable gaming signage display, a trigger event indication corresponding to an instance of a base game that is being provided by at least a portion of the gaming system;
controlling, via the gaming signage control system, a gaming signage motor system, that includes one or more motors that are configured to position the one or more moveable gaming signage displays, to move the one or more moveable gaming signage displays from the first configuration to a second configuration in response to the trigger event indication, the second configuration being a configuration in which the portion of at least one of the moveable gaming signage displays is viewable; and
presenting a game feature on at least one of the moveable gaming signage displays.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the trigger event indication corresponds to the instance of the base game that is being provided by an electronic gaming machine of the one or more electronic gaming machines.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the trigger event indication is determined via a random number generator.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the trigger event indication corresponds to a win of the instance of the base game.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the trigger event indication corresponds to a predetermined combination of symbols.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the trigger event indication corresponds to an initiation of one or more bonus games.
15. One or more non-transitory media having software stored thereon, the software including instructions for performing a method of controlling a gaming signage system, the method comprising:
controlling, via a gaming signage control system that includes one or more processors, a gaming signage display system, that includes one or more moveable gaming signage displays and one or more stationary gaming signage displays proximate the one or more moveable gaming signage displays, to present first visual effects on one or more of the one or more stationary gaming signage displays while the one or more gaming signage moveable displays are in a first configuration in which at least a portion of at least one of the gaming signage moveable displays is not viewable;
receiving, via an interface system configured for communication between the gaming signage system and a gaming system, the gaming system including one or more electronic gaming machines, wherein the electronic gaming machine is in a bank of electronic gaming machines below the one or more moveable gaming signage display, a trigger event indication corresponding to an instance of a base game that is being provided by at least a portion of the gaming system;
controlling, via the gaming signage control system, a gaming signage motor system, that includes one or more motors that are configured to position the one or more moveable gaming signage displays, to move the one or more moveable gaming signage displays from the first configuration to a second configuration in response to the trigger event indication, the second configuration being a configuration in which the portion of at least one of the moveable gaming signage displays is viewable; and
presenting a game feature on at least one of the moveable gaming signage displays.
16. The one or more non-transitory media of claim 15 , wherein the trigger event indication corresponds to the instance of the base game that is being provided by an electronic gaming machine of the one or more electronic gaming machines.
17. The one or more non-transitory media of claim 16 , wherein the trigger event indication is determined via a random number generator.
18. The one or more non-transitory media of claim 16 , wherein the trigger event indication corresponds to a win of the instance of the base game.
19. The one or more non-transitory media of claim 16 , wherein the trigger event indication corresponds to a predetermined combination of symbols.
20. The one or more non-transitory media of claim 16 , wherein the trigger event indication corresponds to an initiation of one or more bonus games.