Patent ID: 9685042
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method of managing bandwidth usage in a gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming machines arranged in at least one gaming venue, the method comprising: during a game, serving game play related data and non-game play related data from at least one server unit to at least one gaming machine in the at least one gaming venue; obtaining data indicative of bandwidth available for data communication to the at least one gaming venue and data indicative of a number of logged into the gaming system gaming machines in the at least one gaming venue; controlling, using said obtained data, a level of non-game play related data serving to the at least one gaming machine, wherein controlling includes decreasing the level of non-game play related data serving to the at least one gaming machine if the number of gaming machines logged into the gaming system exceeds a predefined value and increasing the level of non-game play related data serving to the at least one gaming machine if the number of gaming machines logged into the gaming system is lower than a predefined value.