System and method for an alterable storage media in a gaming machine

A method for verifying a downloaded component of a gaming device, wherein the gaming device has an alterable hard drive, and wherein the downloaded component includes the gaming-related content that contains one or more data sets that have been download with a manifest, the method comprising:

• enabling initiation of a game on the gaming device;
• downloading gaming-related content to the alterable hard drive while the gaming device is enabled for game play;
• retrieving a first abbreviated bit string computed from each data set from a datastore;
• computing a second abbreviated bit string from each of the one or more data sets;
• verifying each data set by authenticating the second abbreviated bit string computed from the data set using the first abbreviated bit string;
• and
• reconfiguring the gaming device to utilize the newly-downloaded, gaming-related content in response to an initiating event.

A system for verifying a downloaded component of a gaming device, wherein the gaming device has an alterable hard drive, and wherein the downloaded component includes gaming-related content having one or more modular components, the system comprising:

• a gaming device for playing a game, wherein gaming-related content contains one or more data sets and is downloadable to the alterable hard drive while the gaming device is enabled for game play;
• a datastore containing a first abbreviated bit string computed from each of the one or more data sets that have been download with a manifest;
• and
• a processor for computing a second abbreviated bit string from each of the one or more data sets, and for verifying each data set by authenticating the second abbreviated bit string computed from the data set using the first abbreviated bit string, wherein the gaming device is reconfigured to utilize the newly downloaded gaming-related content after at least one modular component of the gaming-related content has been verified in response to an initiating event.

A method for verifying a downloaded component of a gaming device, wherein the gaming device has an alterable storage media, and wherein the downloaded component includes gaming-related content having one or more modular components, the method comprising:

• enabling initiation of a game on the gaming device;
• downloading gaming-related content to the alterable storage media while the gaming device is enabled for game play;
• reading an identifier associated with the gaming-related content;
• verifying that the identifier is valid;
• and
• reconfiguring the gaming device to utilize at least one modular component of the newly-downloaded, gaming-related content in response to an initiating event.