Displaying content for various aspect ratios

A gaming machine configured to present a wager-based game in a casino environment, the gaming machine comprising:

• a communications interface configured to communicate with a network server via a network;
• a first display configured to display content associated with the wager-based game;
• memory configured to store base data for displaying graphical content associated with the wager-based game;
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• one or more processors operable to:
• transmit to the network server, via the communications interface, an indication of a first aspect ratio associated with the first display at the gaming machine, and
• receive from the network server, via the communications interface, first aspect ratio specific data for displaying the graphical content associated with the wager-based game on the gaming machine that can complement or replace at least a portion of the base data in order to display the graphical content associated with the wager-based game on the first display at the first aspect ratio, the first aspect ratio specific data selected from an aspect ratio specific data set including data associated with generating graphics information for the wager-based game for a plurality of aspect ratios, wherein the aspect ratio specific data set further includes a plurality of subsets of data, each subset comprising graphics content designed for display at a specific aspect ratio, thereby allowing the base data and the first aspect ratio specific data to be used to display the graphical content associated with the wager-based game on the first display.

A method for adapting graphical content at a gaming machine for display at a first aspect ratio, the method comprising:

• transmitting to a network server from a gaming machine, via a communications interface at the gaming machine, an indication of a first aspect ratio associated with a first display at the gaming machine;
• receiving at the gaming machine from the network server, via the communications interface, first aspect ratio specific data for displaying the graphical content associated with a wager-based game on the gaming machine, the first aspect ratio specific data selected from an aspect ratio specific data set including data associated with generating graphics information for the wager-based game for a plurality of specific aspect ratios, wherein the aspect ratio specific data set further includes a plurality of subsets of data, each subset comprising graphics content designed for display at a specific aspect ratio;
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• displaying the graphical content associated with the wager-based game on the first display at the first aspect ratio by using the first aspect ratio specific data to complement or replace at least a portion of base data stored on the gaming machine, the base data including data to display graphical content associated with the wager-based game.