Wagering game system for providing gaming establishment with guaranteed theoretical winning percentage

A computer-implemented method of monitoring wagering game performance on one or more gaming machines in a gaming establishment according to a theoretical payback for the wagering games played within the gaming establishment, the theoretical payback based on a math algorithm for generating randomly selected outcomes in the wagering games, the method comprising:

• receiving, via at least one input device, wagers from players for playing the wagering games at the gaming establishment;
• providing, via one or more first processors, actual paybacks to players of the wagering games based on the randomly selected outcomes of the wagering games;
• determining, via one or more second processors, an individual differential comprising a difference between the theoretical payback and the actual payback of each of the one or more gaming machines for a certain period of time;
• and
• in response to the summation being greater than zero, transferring, via at least a first or second processor, funds corresponding to a summation of the individual differentials from a first non-player account to a second account associated with the gaming establishment.

A gaming system configured to monitor wagering game performance in a gaming establishment, the gaming system comprising:

• a plurality of gaming machines, each gaming machine of the plurality being operable to conduct one or more wagering games in which a plurality of symbols indicate randomly selected outcomes of the one or more wagering games, each gaming machine further having a theoretical payback that is based on a math algorithm for generating the randomly selected outcomes and an actual payback that is based on the randomly generated outcomes generated by each gaming machine in response to wagers;
• a communications interface connecting the plurality of gaming machines to a communications network;
• one or more network processors;
• and
• at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more network processors, cause the gaming system to:
• determine an individual differential comprising a difference between the theoretical payback and the actual payback of each gaming machine of the plurality;
• and
• transfer funds from a first account to a second account, said funds corresponding to a summation of the individual differentials over a certain period of time.

A machine-readable, non-transitory medium including executable instructions that, when executed by a gaming system, cause the gaming system to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, via at least one input device, wagers from players for playing one or more wagering games on at least one gaming machine at a gaming establishment, the at least one gaming machine having a theoretical payback based on a math algorithm for generating randomly selected outcomes in the one or more wagering games played over a certain amount of time;
• providing, via one or more first processors, an actual payback to players of the one or more wagering games based on randomly selected outcomes of the one or more wagering games played over the certain period of time;
• determining, via one or more second processors, a differential between the theoretical payback and the actual payback for the wagering games played over the certain period of time;
• and
• in response to the theoretical payback being less than the actual payback, transferring, via at least a first or second processor, funds corresponding to the differential from a first non-player account to a second account associated with the gaming establishment.