US 2014/0235340 A1 · Universal Overlay Games in an Electronic Gaming Environment

Abstract

A method is disclosed herein for displaying winning and non-winning game results in a traditional gaming environment. The system uses an overlay game to present an entertaining display to a player upon the occurrence of a win or trigger event. An overlay game has limited capabilities and additionally is engineered to be usable on a variety of gaming machines. To be usable on a variety of gaming machines, the overlay game is intentionally kept simple; in one case, it comprises a visual display that is shown to a player upon the occurrence of a trigger event. In another embodiment, it requires a simple button press to start the overlay game. The overlay games are downloaded on an as-needed basis, run on the gaming machine, and then discarded.

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Dependent claims

A method for presenting a displayable event on a display of a gaming device, the method comprising:

providing a gaming device comprising a display for displaying a base game and the displayable event thereon;
under control of an overlay module resident in the gaming device:
after initiation and during play of a base game and in response to a triggering event in the base game, receiving the displayable event from a server operatively connected to the gaming device, wherein the overlay module utilizes a memory of the gaming device to store the displayable event;
suspending further play of the base game;
presenting the displayable event on the display of the gaming device, wherein the displayable event is presented independent of the base game and has associated therewith a result that is a winning or a non-winning event;
and
resuming further play of the base game.

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Universal Overlay Games in an Electronic Gaming Environment

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