Richard Ollins

Ron Winans

Daryn Kiely

Timothy Moser

Brian T Casey

David Alan Severance

A disclosed thin light-emitting interface displays may be mounted to a surface on the gaming machine. The light-emitting elements used in the interface displays may be provided from electro-luminescent elements, organic light emitting diode (OLED) elements and combinations thereof. The thin light-emitting interface displays may be used to input and output gaming information on the gaming machine. The gaming information that is input and output via the interface display may be used to provide: 1) a game of chance played on the gaming machine, 2) player tracking services, 3) game services available on the gaming machine and 4) attract features. In one embodiment, a game input interface display is provided with a plurality of input buttons where a number and a format of the input buttons are dynamically configurable for different types of games of chance played on the gaming machine.

Light emitting interface displays for a gaming machine

A handheld maintenance module may be provided with a display unit capable of generating video images, a wireless transceiver device capable of wireless dats transmission and reception and adapted to be wirelessly coupled to a maintenance controller, and a module controller coupled to the display unit and the wireless data transceiver device. the module controller may be programmed to allow a person to receive a gaming unit maintenance work order that represents a request for a repair of a gaming unit, to cause a video image representing the gaming unit maintenance work order to be displayed on the display unit, to cause a video image of one or more instructions to repair the gaming unit to be displayed, to allow the gaming unit maintenance work order to be closed upon completion of the repair of the gaming unit, and to forward repair data to the maintenance controller.

Gaming machine maintenance system and method

A gaming apparatus is provided which includes a display unit, a value input device, and a card reader having a light generating source and a data reading apparatus. The gaming apparatus also includes a controller having a processor and a memory that is programmed to allow a person to make a wager, to cause a video image representing a casino game to be generated on the display unit, to determine an outcome of the game represented by the video image, to determine a value payout associated with the outcome of the game, and also including a player tracking card disposed in the card reader and having a data storage device; a plurality of card surfaces; and a light transmissive body portion.

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Las Vegas, NV, United States of America

Richard Ollins