INITIALIZING AND AUTHENTICATING WAGERING GAME MACHINES
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a digital certificate from a mobile wagering game machine, wherein the digital certificate includes information indicating wagering games to which the mobile wagering game machine has access;
determining that the digital certificate is authentic;
selecting wagering game content and services that are available to the mobile wagering game machine, wherein the selecting is based on the information included in the digital certificate; and
transmitting some of the available wagering game content to the mobile wagering game machine.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for initializing and authenticating wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a digital certificate from a mobile wagering game machine. The method can also include determining that the digital certificate is authentic and selecting wagering game content and services that are available to the mobile wagering game machine. The method can also include transmitting some of the available wagering game content to the mobile wagering game machine.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a digital certificate from a mobile wagering game machine, wherein the digital certificate includes information indicating wagering games to which the mobile wagering game machine has access; determining that the digital certificate is authentic; selecting wagering game content and services that are available to the mobile wagering game machine, wherein the selecting is based on the information included in the digital certificate; and transmitting some of the available wagering game content to the mobile wagering game machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A mobile wagering game machine comprising:
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an initialization controller configured to initialize the mobile wagering game machine for operation; a memory device including a digital certificate, wherein the digital certificate includes information identifying wagering game content that the mobile wagering game machine has permission to access; and a wagering game unit configured to present wagering games using the wagering game content. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a digital certificate server configured to distribute a digital certificate; a mobile wagering game machine configured to receive the digital certificate, wherein the digital certificate includes information identifying wagering game content available to the mobile wagering game machine, and to provide the digital certificate for authentication, and to present wagering games based on wagering game content; a wagering game server configured to authenticate the mobile wagering game machine based on the digital certificate, to select wagering game content based on the digital certificate'"'"'s information identifying wagering game content available to the mobile wagering game machine, and to deliver the wagering game content to the mobile wagering game machine. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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