User interface system and method for a gaming machine

An embedded additional user interface (10) includes a web page display screen (20) and an embedded processor (30), and is incorporated into a gaming machine (40) that in turn includes a gaming screen (50) and a gaming processor (60). The embedded processor (30) employs an internal operating system and communicates with the gaming processor (60). The embedded processor reads incoming data, translates the data into a web authoring language, and maps the data to the web page display screen. The display screen (20) presents web page information to a user via the display screen, thereby increasing user excitement by providing a richer gaming experience. This provides a dramatic improvement over traditional system components (70) (input/output peripherals) that have been used in the past to access service and system information, such as a 2-line, 20-character VF display and a 12-digit keypad.