Synchronizing soundtracks across wagering game machines

One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a set of one or more processors cause the set of one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• detecting, by an electronic controller, a first triggering event that initiates play of first wagering game content via a first wagering game machine, wherein the first wagering game content uses a soundtrack, wherein the first wagering game machine includes a value input device configured to electronically detect a tangible form of money causing a credit balance of the first wagering game machine to increase in value, wherein the first wagering game machine includes a player input device configured to detect player input for placement of a wager on a possible game outcome of the first wagering game content, wherein the first wagering game machine deducts monetary value from the credit balance in response to the player input, and wherein the first wagering game machine includes a payout mechanism for payment of at least a portion of the credit balance;
• determining that a second wagering game machine, which has not experienced a second triggering event to initiate play of second wagering game content, is eligible to initiate play of the second wagering game content when the first wagering game machine presents play of the first wagering game content, and wherein the second wagering game content is configured to use the soundtrack;
• automatically initiating, by the electronic controller, play of the soundtrack at a same moment, from a common starting point, via the first wagering game machine and the second wagering game machine;
• causing, by the electronic controller, the soundtrack to audibly play via the first wagering game machine as the first wagering game machine presents the play of first wagering game content while simultaneously causing the soundtrack to inaudibly play in unison via the second wagering game machine while the second wagering game machine does not present the play of second wagering game content;
• detecting, by the electronic controller, the second triggering event that initiates play of the second wagering game content after initiation of the play of the soundtrack, from the common starting point, via the first wagering game machine and the second wagering game machine;
• and
• modifying, by the electronic controller, a volume level for the soundtrack at the second wagering game machine to be audible in response to detection of the second triggering event, wherein the soundtrack audibly plays in unison on the first wagering game machine and on the second wagering game machine.

A system comprising:

• a plurality of wagering game machines configured to present common wagering game content, wherein the plurality of the wagering game machines are grouped together, wherein a first of the plurality of the wagering game machines includes a value input device configured to electronically detect a tangible form of money causing a credit balance of the first of the plurality of the wagering game machines to increase in value, wherein the first of the plurality of the wagering game machines includes a player input device configured to detect player input for placement of a wager on a possible game outcome of the common wagering game content, wherein the first of the plurality of the wagering game machines deducts monetary value from the credit balance in response to the player input, and wherein the first of the plurality of the wagering game machines includes a payout mechanism for payment of at least a portion of the credit balance;
• and
• a server configured to
• detect a first trigger from the first of the plurality of the wagering game machines, wherein the first trigger initiates presentation of the common wagering game content at the first of the plurality of the wagering game machines, and wherein a second of the plurality of the wagering game machines does not present play of the common wagering game content at a time of occurrence of the first trigger,
• stream a soundtrack associated with the common wagering game content in synchronicity to the plurality of the wagering game machines in response to detecting the first trigger from the first of the plurality of the wagering game machines,
• cause the soundtrack to play audibly, at a first audible volume level, from the first of the plurality of the wagering game machines in response to detecting the first trigger,
• cause the soundtrack to inaudibly play, at an inaudible volume level, via the second of the plurality of the wagering game machines when the second of the plurality of the wagering game machines does not present play of the common wagering game content,
• detect a second trigger associated with initiation of play of the common wagering game content via the second of the plurality of the wagering game machines after causing the soundtrack to play inaudibly from the second of the plurality of the wagering game machines, and
• in response to detecting the second trigger, cause the soundtrack at the second of the plurality of the wagering game machines to play at a second audible volume level, wherein the soundtrack audibly plays in unison on the first of the plurality of the wagering game machines and on the second of the plurality of the wagering game machines.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a soundtrack synchronization controller configured to, via the processor,
• detect a trigger associated with a first wagering game machine, wherein the trigger initiates play of a wagering game via the first wagering game machine, wherein the first wagering game machine and a second wagering game machine are configured to play an identical soundtrack associated with the wagering game, wherein the second wagering game machine has not initiated play of the wagering game, wherein the first wagering game machine includes a value input device configured to electronically detect a tangible form of money causing a credit balance of the first wagering game machine to increase in value, wherein the first wagering game machine includes a player input device configured to detect player input for placement of a wager on a possible game outcome of the wagering game, wherein the first wagering game machine deducts monetary value from the credit balance in response to the player input, and wherein the first wagering game machine includes a payout mechanism for payment of at least a portion of the credit balance,
• in response to the trigger associated with the first wagering game machine, initiate play of the soundtrack in unison via the first wagering game machine at an audible volume level while the wagering game is presented at the first wagering game machine and via the second wagering game machine at an inaudible volume level while the second wagering game machine does not present the wagering game,
• generate a repeating timing signal pulse, and
• synchronize play of the soundtrack via the first wagering game machine and via the second wagering game machine using the repeating timing signal pulse.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for detecting a first triggering event that initiates play of a first wagering game content via a first wagering game machine, wherein the first wagering game content uses a first sound asset stored on the first wagering game machine, wherein the first sound asset is configured to present a soundtrack, wherein the first wagering game machine includes a value input device configured to electronically detect a tangible form of money causing a credit balance of the first wagering game machine to increase in value, wherein the first wagering game machine includes a player input device configured to detect player input for placement of a wager on a possible game outcome of the first wagering game content, wherein the first wagering game machine deducts monetary value from the credit balance in response to the player input, and wherein the first wagering game machine includes a payout mechanism for payment at least a portion of the credit balance;
• means for detecting that a second wagering game machine is within a given distance to the first wagering game machine, wherein a second sound asset, associated with second wagering game content, is stored on the second wagering game machine, wherein the second sound asset is configured to present the soundtrack, and wherein the second wagering game machine has not initiated presentation of the second wagering game content;
• means for initiating play of the first sound asset and at a same moment, from a common starting point, initiating play of the second sound asset via the second wagering game machine;
• means for causing the soundtrack to audibly play on the first wagering game machine as the first wagering game machine presents the first wagering game content while simultaneously causing the soundtrack to inaudibly play in unison on the second wagering game machine while the second wagering game machine does not present the second wagering game content;
• means for detecting a second triggering event that initiates play of the second wagering game content via the second wagering game machine after initiating the play of the first sound asset and the second sound asset at the same moment;
• means for modifying a volume level for the soundtrack at the second wagering game machine to be audible and to play in unison with the soundtrack on the first wagering game machine without restarting the presentation of the soundtrack on the first wagering game machine;
• and
• means for using a repeating timing signal pulse based on a clock of the first wagering game machine to synchronize a presentation of the soundtrack via the first wagering game machine and via the second wagering game machine.