US Patent 6997810 Slant-type gaming machine

The invention comprises various gaming machine features and a slant-top type gaming machine. In one embodiment, a cabinet has a play area between an upwardly extending console and a supporting base portion. Input or selection buttons are mounted to a button panel which serves as a door providing access to machine components. A media writer is located below the button panel and dispenses media to a front of the gaming machine. In one embodiment, machine elements such as a keypad, buttons, ticket printer slot and/or bill validator slot are located in a recessed portion of the play area and, more particularly, in a recessed area of a bumper of an armrest portion of the gaming machine.