Remote content management and resource sharing on a gaming machine and method of implementing same

A gaming system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
• for a wagered on play of a game:
• determine a game outcome from a plurality of game outcomes,
• cause a display, via at least one display device and in a game window controlled by the at least one processor, of the determined game outcome,
• determine any award associated with the displayed game outcome, and
• cause a display, via the at least one display device, of any determined award associated with the displayed game outcome, wherein a credit balance is increasable based on any determined award associated with the displayed game outcome, and said credit balance is increasable via an acceptor of a physical item associated with a monetary value, and said credit balance is decreasable via a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of a payout associated with the credit balance,
• determine, based at least in part on a usage of the at least one processor which determines the game outcome and causes the display, in the game window, of the determined game outcome whether to allocate control of a first resource of the at least one display device to a service window controlled by a remote host which is distinct from the at least one processor and which executes remote host software, and
• responsive to the determination being to allocate control of the first resource of the at least one display device to the service window controlled by the remote host, and following an allocation of control of the first resource of the at least one display device to the remote host, cause a generation of a lottery ticket responsive to an input to obtain at least one lottery ticket being received in association with the service window.

A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

• for a wagered on play of a game:
• determining, by at least one processor, a game outcome from a plurality of game outcomes,
• causing a display, via at least one display device and in a game window controlled by the at least one processor, of the determined game outcome,
• determining, by the at least one processor, any award associated with the displayed game outcome, and
• causing a display, via the at least one display device, of any determined award associated with the displayed game outcome, wherein a credit balance is increasable based on any determined award associated with the displayed game outcome, and said credit balance is increasable via an acceptor of a physical item associated with a monetary value, and said credit balance is decreasable via a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of a payout associated with the credit balance, and
• responsive to a determination occurring, based at least in part on a usage of the at least one processor which determines the game outcome and causes the display, in the game window, of the determined game outcome, to allocate control of a first resource of the at least one display device to a remote host which is distinct from the at least one processor, and following an allocation of control of the first resource of the at least one display device to the remote host, causing a generation of a lottery ticket responsive to an input to obtain at least one lottery ticket being received in association with a service window controlled by the remote host executing remote host software.