Method and apparatus for displaying content on ancillary display in gaming environment with gaming machines having primary front displays

An ancillary display for a gaming environment having one or more gaming machines each having a respective primary display that displays respective gaming action and/or gaming enticements, the ancillary display being operatively coupled to at least one of the gaming machines and comprising:

• a subarea image capturing circuit configured to capture video subarea signals corresponding to a predetermined subportion of imagery presented by at least one of the primary displays of at least one of the gaming machines;
• and
• one or more image output driver circuits configured to output ancillary imagery that is responsive to at least one of the captured video subarea signals.