Automatic electronic gaming system timeout calibration

An electronic gaming system comprising:

• an input interface;
• a first host;
• an electronic gaming machine coupled to the first host through a network;
• and
• a load balancer coupled to the electronic gaming machine and the first host through the network,
• the electronic gaming machine including one or more processors, the processors configured to:
• receive a command to initiate timeout calibration through an input interface associated with the electronic gaming system;
• and
• in response to receiving the command:
• send a plurality of test messages between the electronic gaming machine and the first host through the load balancer;
• determine transmission times for the test messages;
• based on the determined transmission times, automatically determine one or more timeout values;
• and
• configure one or both of the electronic gaming machine and the first host based on the determined timeout values;
• wherein the load balancer is configured to apply a further timestamp to test messages passing through the load balancer, and
• wherein the processors are further configured to determine at least one timeout value for communications between the load balancer and the electronic gaming machine based on a timestamp applied by the load balancer.