Patent ID: 9002745
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising: (a) accessing, by one of a plurality of gaming machines, a portable storage medium; (b) determining, at a controller of said one of the plurality of gaming machines, whether any final authorization code has been written to the portable storage medium and whether any final authorization code has been written to a memory of said one of the plurality of gaming machines; (c) when different final authorization codes have been written to the portable storage medium and to the memory of said one of the plurality of gaming machines, preventing said one of the plurality of gaming machines from executing wager gaming software stored on the portable storage medium; (d) when final authorization codes have not been written to the portable storage medium or to the memory of said one of the gaming machines: (e) when the same final authorization code has been written to both the portable storage medium and the memory of said one of the plurality of gaming machines, enabling said one of the plurality of gaming machines to execute the wager gaming software stored on the portable storage medium.