Patent ID: 9165424
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a gaming machine, the method comprising: (a) requesting, using a thin client stored in a memory of the gaming machine, a thin client game from a game server, wherein the game server is distinct from the gaming machine; (b) running the thin client game in the thin client, wherein an outcome of the run thin client game is determined by the game server and a credit balance is increasable based, at least in part, on any award associated with the outcome of the run thin client game, said credit balance being: (c) determining, using a processor of the gaming machine, an outcome of a thick client game stored in the memory of the gaming machine, wherein the credit balance is increasable based, at least in part on, any award associated with the outcome of the thick client game; and (d) sending, via a gaming communication protocol and using the processor of the gaming machine, reporting data to a data collection device, said reporting data including the game server determined outcome of the thin client game and the processor of the gaming machine determined outcome of the thick client game.