Method for managing accounting
AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.
InventorAnthony E. Green
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for managing game accounting on at least one gaming machine comprising one or more active games is provided. The method comprises providing a memory means operatively connected to the gaming machine, wherein the memory means comprises a set of active game meters for each active game on the gaming machine, and one set of removed game meters accumulating data corresponding to all games removed from the gaming machine. Active game data is received and stored in applicable active game meters. For any removed game, the game state data is captured prior to the game's removal and is stored in the applicable accumulating removed game meters. The stored game data is accessed in the active and removed game meters and a theoretical win value is used to determine the overall gaming machine performance.
Claims25
A method for managing game accounting on at least one gaming machine, wherein the gaming machine comprises one or more active games;
- the method comprising:
- providing a memory device operatively connected to the gaming machine, wherein the memory device stores a set of active game meters for each active game on the gaming machine, and one set of deleted game meters accumulating data corresponding to all games deleted from the gaming machine;
- receiving and storing active game data in applicable active game meters;
- for any deleted game, capturing the game state data prior to the game's deletion and storing the game state data in the applicable accumulating removed game meters;
- and
- accessing the stored game data in the active and deleted game meters and determining the overall gaming machine performance by comparing a calculated theoretical win value with a return percentage of the gaming machine, wherein the calculated theoretical win value is a theoretical performance of the gaming machine based on a theoretical payout percentage and the active and deleted game meters and the return percentage is only based on the active and deleted game meters.
A method for managing accounting in a casino gaming system including one or more gaming machines connected via a network connection, wherein each gaming machine comprises one or more games stored thereon, the method comprising:
- providing one or more memory devices operatively connected to each gaming machine, wherein the memory devices store a separate set of active game meters for each active game on a particular gaming machine, and one set of deleted game meters for the same particular machine;
- accumulating data corresponding to all games deleted from the gaming machine and storing the accumulated data in the set of deleted game meters;
- receiving and storing active game data in applicable active game meters;
- and
- accessing the stored game data in the active and deleted game meters and determining the overall gaming machine performance by comparing a calculated theoretical win value with a return percentage of the gaming machine, wherein the calculated theoretical win value is a theoretical performance of the gaming machine based on a theoretical payout percentage and the active and deleted game meters and the return percentage is only based on the active and deleted game meters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.