Distributed communication using real-time point-to-point streamed audio in a gaming system

An apparatus of an electronic gaming machine (EGM) having a payment acceptor for funding a bet and providing ad hoc distributed real-time communication in a gaming system, the apparatus comprising one or more processors or memory configured to:

• receive, at the EGM via a communication network, a streamed audio data having at least one audio file from a broadcast device that was transmitted to the broadcast device as an audio signal for real time communication;
• process the streamed audio data at the plurality of EGMs to enable one or more speakers on the EGM to broadcast the streamed audio data;
• broadcast the streamed audio data using the one or more speakers on the EGM, wherein the one or more speakers on the EGM are included in a distributed speaker system associated with the broadcast device in the gaming system;
• and
• dynamically adjust a volume of a plurality of audio sounds associated with a wagering game funded via the payment accepter on each one of the plurality of EGMs during the broadcasting of the streamed audio data.

At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for ad hoc distributed real-time communication for an electronic gaming machine (EGM) having at least one payment acceptor in association with a plurality of EGMs in a gaming system;

• the instructions when executed by one or more processors and memory cause the EGM to:
• receive, at each one of a plurality of EGMs, via a communication network, as a streamed audio data having at least one audio file from a broadcast device that was transmitted to the broadcast device as an audio signal;
• process the streamed audio data at the plurality of EGMs to enable one or more speakers on each one of the plurality of EGMs to broadcast the streamed audio data;
• broadcast the streamed audio data using the one or more speakers on each one of the plurality of EGMs, wherein the one or more speakers on each one of the plurality of EGMs are a distributed speaker system in the gaming system;
• dynamically adjust a volume of a plurality of audio sounds associated with a wagering game funded via the payment accepter on each one of the plurality of EGMs during the broadcasting of the streamed audio data;
• temporarily pause the wagering game during the broadcasting of the streamed audio data;
• and
• provide, via a service window application of each of the plurality of EGMs during the broadcasting of the streamed audio data, information relating to the wagering game event or the non-wagering game event.