Patent ID: 9443385
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a first electronic gaming controller from a plurality of wagering game controllers included within a wagering game machine, wherein the first electronic gaming controller is independent from a first wagering game, said method comprising: receiving, by the first electronic gaming controller, a request for placement of a first wager in a first playing round of a second wagering game, wherein the first electronic gaming controller controls the second wagering game, wherein a second electronic gaming controller from the plurality of wagering game controllers controls the first wagering game, wherein the first wagering game and the second wagering game are concurrently presented via a display device of the wagering game machine, wherein the first wagering game includes first content that originates from a first content source, wherein the second wagering game includes second content that originates from a second content source, wherein the wagering game machine includes a value input device configured to receive monetary value to increase a balance of funds in a first credit meter account of the first wagering game, and wherein the first credit meter account is associated with a first credit meter of the wagering game machine; automatically accessing, by the first electronic gaming controller in response to the request, the funds from the first credit meter account of the first wagering game, wherein the first credit meter account is not accessible to the second wagering game; automatically debiting a credit from the first credit meter account; and automatically electronically transmitting the credit from the first credit meter account to a second credit meter account of the second wagering game for placement of the first wager for the first playing round of the second wagering game, wherein the second credit meter account is associated with a second credit meter of the wagering game machine.