Patent ID: 7510478

Claim:
A gaming method, comprising: receiving a wager from a player via a value input device of a gaming apparatus; generating an image representative of a game for display on a display unit of the gaming apparatus; executing compiled code associated with play of the game using a processor of the apparatus, the compiled code including code to read data from a file stored in a memory of the gaming apparatus, wherein the file is separate from the compiled code; reading, using the compiled code, first uncompiled instruction data from the file, the first uncompiled instruction data indicative of a request to create a first software object associated with play of the game; creating the first software object using the compiled code in response to the first uncompiled instruction data; reading second uncompiled instruction data from the file, the second uncompiled instruction data indicative of a request to create a second software object associated with play of the game; creating the second software object using the compiled code in response to the second uncompiled instruction data; reading third uncompiled instruction data from the file after creation of the second software object, wherein the third uncompiled instruction data includes a reference to the first software object, wherein the third uncompiled instruction data is indicative of a request to perform an operation associated with play of the game and associated with the first software object; performing, in response to the third uncompiled instruction data, the operation indicated by the third uncompiled instruction data using the compiled code; and determining a value payout associated with an outcome of the game.