Patent ID: 6890259

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a master gaming controller configured to generate one or more games played on the gaming machine by executing a plurality of gaming software elements; a plurality of gaming devices connected to the gaming machine and in communication with the master gaming controller; a memory configured to store the plurality of gaming software elements; a gaming operating system comprising logic to load and unload the gaming software elements into a RAM from the memory for execution; and a modular tilt handling system that is loaded from the memory to the RAM by the operating system; said modular tilt system comprising; first gaming software elements for receiving an event and determining when the event is a tilt and second gaming software elements for responding to the tilt wherein the first gaming software elements are decoupled from the second gaming software elements in a manner that allows the gaming machine to load from the memory second gaming software elements that are in compliance with the regulations of a gaming jurisdiction in which the gaming machine is operating without altering the first gaming software elements.