Electronic gaming machine having a variable position gaming display and a flexible gaming display responsive to gaming conditions

A method of controlling an electronic gaming system comprising a bank of gaming machines, a display mounting structure mounted to the bank of gaming machines, a bank of variable position displays mounted to the display mounting structure and operable to display a portion of a game, and a housing operable to retractably extend one or more extendable display screens, a button panel operable to initiate a movement of the bank of variable position displays, and a controller comprising a processor and memory comprising a movement sequence and a game program, which, when executed, causes the processor to at least initiate the game, the method comprising:

• determining the button panel for one or more button activations;
• initiating, in response to the one or more button activations, the movement sequence causing a rotational movement of the bank of variable position displays from a first position having a first horizontal dimension to a second position having a second horizontal dimension while in a spaced apart relationship from the bank of gaming machines and the housing to permit the movement sequence;
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• controlling, in response to the rotational movement of the bank of variable position displays to the second position, the processor to a) retractably extend the one or more extendable display screens with respect to the housing relatively to the rotational movement of the bank of variable position displays to have an extended horizontal dimension that matches the second horizontal dimension, and b) present at least the portion of the game on the bank of variable position displays in the second position.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a movement sequence and a game program for conducting a game on an electronic gaming system comprising a bank of gaming machines, a display mounting structure mounted to the bank of gaming machines, a bank of variable position displays mounted to the display mounting structure and operable to display at least a portion of the game, and a housing operable to retractably extend one or more extendable display screens, a button panel operable to initiate a movement of the bank of variable position displays, and a controller comprising a processor, and wherein the game program, which, when executed, cause the processor to perform the steps of:

• determining the button panel for one or more button activations;
• initiating, in response to the one or more button activations, the movement sequence causing a rotational movement of the bank of variable position displays from a first position having a first horizontal dimension to a second position having a second horizontal dimension while in a spaced apart relationship from the bank of gaming machines and the housing to permit the movement sequence;
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• controlling, in response to the rotational movement of the bank of variable position displays to the second position, the processor to a) retractably extend the one or more extendable display screens with respect to the housing relatively to the rotational movement of the bank of variable position displays to have an extended horizontal dimension that matches the second horizontal dimension, and b) at least present at least the portion of the game on the bank of variable position displays in the second position.