Gaming machine with win announcement

Abstract

A game machine having a win announcement feature and a method of providing an announcement regarding a winning event or outcome of a game played at a gaming machine are disclosed. One embodiment of a method comprises providing information regarding a winning event occurring at a gaming machine, the method including the steps of presenting a game to a player at a gaming machine, determining if the outcome of the game is a winning outcome, and if so, disseminating at the gaming machine a win announcement comprising information regarding the type of win and the source of the win. A gaming machine includes a controller configured to generate gaming machine control information for presenting a game and configured to generate win announcement information in the event the outcome of a game presented is a winning outcome, the gaming machine including at least one device for disseminating the win information.

1 . A gaming machine having a win announcement feature, said gaming machine comprising at least one controller configured to generate gaming machine control information for presenting a game at said gaming machine, and configured to generate win announcement information in the event the outcome of a game presented at said gaming machine is a winning outcome, said gaming machine including at least one device for disseminating at sufficient volume externally audible win information in response to said generated win announcement information to persons in a vicinity of the gaming machine, said win announcement information comprising a first audible alert followed by audible dissemination of information regarding the amount or value of an award associated with said winning outcome and at least one of the name of the game and the name of the gaming machine comprising the source of said winning outcome in a manner permitting a patron to identify the gaming machine at which the award was yielded without being in the line of sight of said machine.