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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2003
Kristopher E. Landrum, South Lake Tahoe, CA (US);
Darren Maya, Reno, NV (US);
Marc S. Mierau, Reno, NV (US);
Kristopher E. Landrum, South Lake Tahoe, CA (US);
Darren Maya, Reno, NV (US);
Marc S. Mierau, Reno, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming device and a method for operating the gaming device including enabling a player to select music to be played during a game. The music selections include music recordings within general music classifications such as genre and style and music recordings within specific classifications such as artist or group, album or song. The game presents the music classification selections for player selection at any point before, during or after the game. In one embodiment, the music recordings within the music classification selected by the player and played by the gaming device are incorporated into the theme of the game.