Processing wagering game events
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1. A wagering game machine comprising:
- a plurality of input devices configured to generate some of a plurality of events associated with a wagering game;
an event handler configured todetect the plurality of events,cause persistent storage of the events,transmit the events before and after an interruption of the wagering game,transmit the events after conclusion of the wagering game; and
a wagering game controller configured toreceive certain of the events from the event handler before the interruption,present, based on the events received before the interruption, a portion of the wagering game before the interruption,restore, after the interruption, the wagering game based on the events received before and after the interruption, andpresent, after restoration of the wagering game, final results for the wagering gamereplay the wagering game using the events transmitted after the conclusion of the wagering game.
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Abstract
Systems for processing wagering game events are described herein. In one embodiment, a wagering game machine comprises a plurality of input devices configured to generate events. The apparatus can also include an event handler configured to detect the events, to cause persistent storage of the events, and to transmit the events. The apparatus can also include a wagering game controller configured to receive the events from the event handler and to present and replay wagering games using the events.
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1. A wagering game machine comprising:
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a plurality of input devices configured to generate some of a plurality of events associated with a wagering game; an event handler configured to detect the plurality of events, cause persistent storage of the events, transmit the events before and after an interruption of the wagering game, transmit the events after conclusion of the wagering game; and a wagering game controller configured to receive certain of the events from the event handler before the interruption, present, based on the events received before the interruption, a portion of the wagering game before the interruption, restore, after the interruption, the wagering game based on the events received before and after the interruption, and present, after restoration of the wagering game, final results for the wagering game replay the wagering game using the events transmitted after the conclusion of the wagering game. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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entering, after an interruption, a first state of a wagering game in a wagering game machine; detecting, in the wagering game machine, events associated with the wagering game, wherein the events were stored before the interruption; restoring, by a wagering game controller in the wagering game machine, the wagering game to a second state by processing the events that were stored before the interruption; detecting, after the interruption, new events associated with the wagering game; progressing, by the wagering game controller, the wagering game to other states based on the new events; presenting indicia associated with the other states; presenting, by the wagering game controller, a replay of the wager game after conclusion of the wagering game, wherein the presenting the replay includes, processing, by the wagering game controller, the events stored before the interruption and the new events, and presenting indicia associated with the first state and the indicia associated with the other states. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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