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Sharing wagering game machine resources

  • US 8,821,253 B2
  • Filed: 11/15/2012
  • Issued: 09/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gaming system configured to share resources between a plurality of gaming machines that are connected for communication, the gaming system comprising:

  • one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of one or more processors, cause the gaming system to;

    receive an input indicative of a wager from a player to play a wagering game on a first gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines;

    prior to the player cashing out of the first gaming machine, determine that a hardware resource to perform a function is unavailable on the first gaming machine; and

    in response to determining that the hardware resource is unavailable on the first gaming machine, access the hardware resource outside of the first gaming machine, and perform the function with the accessed hardware resource.

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