Selecting preferred electronic gaming machines having an availability for use

摘要

A gaming system identifies, from a gaming network having a cluster of electronic gaming machines (EGMs), those of the EGMs having an availability and unavailability for use. Those of the EGMs having the availability for use are organized. A user selects one of the organized EGMs.

主权项

1. A method for processing data in a gaming system having at least one processor device, the method comprising:
identifying, using the at least one processor device, from a gaming network having a cluster of a plurality of electronic gaming machines (EGMs) wherein each EGM includes either a user non-preferred game or a user preferred game, those of the plurality of EGMs being available or unavailable for use; organizing, using the at least one processor device, those of the plurality of EGMs having the user preferred game available for use and those of the plurality of EGMs having the user preferred game unavailable for use; publishing in an information window a listing of those of the plurality of EGMs identified as having the user preferred game available for use and those of the plurality of EGMs having the user preferred game unavailable for use; providing an approximate time for the availability for use of one of those of the plurality of EGMs having the user preferred game unavailable for use; receiving a user selection of at least one of the plurality of EGMs having the user preferred game unavailable for use; sending a notification to a managing application after the user selection of at least one of the plurality of EGMs having the user preferred game unavailable for use; the managing application replacing the user non-preferred game on one of the plurality of EGMs having the user non-preferred game available for use with the user preferred game; the managing application sending a notification to the user that the EGM previously having the user non-preferred game and now having the user preferred game is available for use; and displaying at least one of a plurality of circuitous routes on a map in the information window for directing the user to the EGM previously having the user non-preferred game and currently having the user preferred game which is available for use.