System and Method for Synchronizing Indicators Associated with a Plurality of Gaming Machines

A system for providing lighting effects for a plurality of electronic gaming machines comprising:

• a plurality of lighting devices operatively connected to the plurality of electronic gaming machines, each of the plurality of lighting devices having at least one lighting element for providing illumination, the plurality of lighting devices comprising a first lighting device at a first gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines;
• the plurality of lighting devices configured to produce the lighting effects for the plurality of gaming machines, the lighting effects comprising synchronized lighting effects across the plurality of lighting devices at the plurality of gaming machines and individual lighting effects on the first lighting device at the first gaming machine;
• the synchronized lighting effects comprising a coordinated attract mode, at least some of the plurality of lighting devices being synchronized during the coordinated attract mode to present a visual effect where illumination provided by a lighting element is presented as virtually traveling across the plurality of gaming machines;
• the individual lighting effects comprising an active lighting mode separate from the coordinated attract mode, and
• where the first lighting device is synchronized in the coordinated attract mode, a condition triggered on the first electronic gaming machine removes the first lighting device from the coordinated attract mode and initiates the active lighting mode.