Patent ID: 9011236
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a gaming system including a server including a processor, a memory, and a network interface and a plurality of wager-based electronic gaming machines, the method comprising: establishing electronic communications between the server and the plurality of wager-based electronic gaming machines via the network interface; sending, by the server and to the plurality of wager-based electronic gaming machines, a command to generate a visual representation of an already completed wager-based game if an award of the already completed wager-based game exceeds a threshold amount, wherein the visual representation includes an outcome and the award for the already completed wager-based game; in response to the command, receiving, by the server, a plurality of visual representations of already completed games from one or more of the plurality of wager-based electronic gaming machines; selecting, by the processor of the server, at least two of the received plurality of visual representations of already completed games to use in a single social media presentation; generating, by the processor of the server, the single social media presentation, wherein the single social media presentation includes the at least two of the received plurality of visual representations and a description of an event, wherein the already completed games represented by the at least two of the received plurality of visual representations occurred within a time period of the event; and causing, by the server, a ticket printer of one of the plurality of wager-based electronic gaming machines to print a ticket including indicia scannable by a device to cause the single social media presentation to be uploaded to a social media site.