Electronic gaming machine and method providing for recording and storing video signal output

A method for storing and transmitting a video signal of a game played on an electronic gaming machine comprising:

• providing the electronic gaming machine, the electronic gaming machine having a housing an electronic display, computer electronically coupled to the electronic display and user control array;
• receiving input through the control array to initiate a first instance of the game, the first instance concluding with at least one of either a winning or non-winning outcome;
• initiating the first instance of the game and transmitting a video signal from the computer to the electronic display of the electronic gaming machine;
• presenting the video signal as a video image on the electronic display of the gaming machine, the video image being a visual representation of the first instance of the game;
• substantially simultaneously with being transmitted to the electronic display, recording the video signal and creating an electronic video output file from the video signal, the recorded video signal being all of the video image as presented on the electronic display from when play of the first new instance of the game begins to when play of the first new instance of the game ends, the recording of the video signal and creating of the video output file being carried out automatically upon initiation of the first instance of the game regardless of whether the first instance concluded in a winning or non-winning outcome and without receipt of manually selectable input to record the game;
• storing the video output file in a video storage unit, the video output file comprising the video image of the first instance of the game without video images of a second instance of the game different from the first instance;
• and
• transmitting the video output file to at least one remote electronic device by a wired-or wireless communication network, said transmission of the video output file to at least one remote electronic device being carried out substantially simultaneously to the transmitting the video signal from the computer to the electronic display of the electronic gaming machine.

An electronic gaming machine comprising:

• an electronic display;
• a control array;
• a computer electrically coupled to the electronic display and control array, the computer being housed within a cabinet providing the electronic display and control array;
• and
• a video output file comprising a stored video signal,
• wherein the stored video signal is a video image of a first instance of a game played on the machine and as presented on the electronic display from when play of the first instance of the game begins to when play of the first instance of the game ends, the first instance ending with at least one of either a winning or non-winning outcome,
• wherein the video output file is created and stored in a video storage unit in response to input received from the control array to initiate play of the game, the storage of the video signal and creation of the video output file being carried out automatically upon initiation of the first instance of the game regardless of whether the first instance ended in a winning or non-winning outcome and without receipt of manually selectable input to record the game, and
• wherein as the game is being played on the machine, the video output file is stored in a format for being presented in visual form on an electronic display of a remote electronic device in substantially identical form as the video image presented on the electronic display of the electronic gaming machine without requiring recreation of stored game data from the first instance of the game, the video output file comprising the video image of the first instance of the game without video images of a second instance of the game different from the first instance.