Abstract: Systems and methods for conducting cashless gaming or player tracking within a gaming environment are disclosed. Players with associated player accounts are provided player tracking instruments having rewriteable displays. Also provided are gaming devices or machines having display panels adapted to display content and scan input through set display and read regions. Data on player tracking instruments is updated and displayed thereupon, and the input display panels of the gaming devices are used to read this data. These input display panels can also be used to read biometric information from players to confirm proper player account associations. The player tracking instruments may contain an RFID tag to receive communications from a transceiver associated with the gaming device or machine. A feedback loop from a master gaming controller to a transceiver to a player tracking instrument to an input display panel and back to the master gaming controller can be created.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for a game including a plurality of paytables, wherein each of the paytables has an average expected payout. The gaming device initially employs a default paytable and enables a player to cause the gaming device to change the employed paytable. If the player chooses to cause the gaming device to change the employed paytable, the gaming device randomly selects another paytable from the plurality of paytables and determines a game outcome based on the randomly selected paytable. If the player does not choose to cause the gaming device to change the employed paytable, the gaming device determines a game outcome based on the default paytable. In one embodiment, when a player chooses to cause the gaming device to select another paytable, the player has a chance to obtain a paytable that includes higher or better awards.

Abstract: A gaming apparatus may include a primary display unit, a value input device, a first controller coupled to the primary display unit and the value input device, a microprocessor and associated memory, and a second display unit. The secondary display unit may include a viewing window, a first object coupled to a movable member, and a second object. The secondary display unit may also include a semitransparent mirror positioned to reflect an image of either of the first or second objects and to transmit an image of the other object, such that both objects are viewable through the viewing window. The secondary display unit may additionally include a motor coupled to the movable member to move the first object such that a depth of the image of the first object changes relative to a depth of the image of the second object as viewed through the viewing window.

Abstract: Systems and methods for conducting cashless gaming or player tracking within a gaming environment are disclosed. Players with associated player accounts are provided player tracking instruments having rewriteable displays. Also provided are gaming devices or machines having display panels adapted to display content and scan input through set display and read regions. Data on player tracking instruments is updated and displayed thereupon, and the input display panels of the gaming devices are used to read this data. These input display panels can also be used to read biometric information from players to confirm proper player account associations. The player tracking instruments may contain an RFID tag to receive communications from a transceiver associated with the gaming device or machine. A feedback loop from a master gaming controller to a transceiver to a player tracking instrument to an input display panel and back to the master gaming controller can be created.

Abstract: A gaming apparatus may comprise a primary display unit, and a value input device. The gaming apparatus may also comprise a first controller operatively coupled to the primary display unit and the value input device. The first controller may include a first microprocessor and a first memory operatively coupled to the first microprocessor. The first controller may be configured to receive wager data from the value input device, the wager data indicative of a wager submitted by a player. The first controller may also be configured to cause the primary display unit to display an outcome of a game, and to determine a value payout associated with the outcome of the game. The gaming apparatus may further comprise a secondary display unit separate from the primary display unit. The secondary display unit may include a viewing window, a first object coupled to a movable member, and a second object.