Patent ID: 8342953

Claim:
A method of controlling a gaming network, the method comprising: receiving, by a network device assigned to one of a plurality of wager gaming machine clusters in a casino, each of the wager gaming machine clusters comprising a plurality of wager gaming machines located in an area of the casino, first gaming machine identification data responsive to one of the wager gaming machines in the assigned wager gaming machine cluster being communicatively connected to the network device; receiving, by a central computing device, current connectivity data from the network device, wherein the current connectivity data comprises current network device identification data and current first gaming machine identification data for wager gaming machines communicatively connected to the network device via the gaming network at a current time; and updating previously stored connectivity data according to the current connectivity data, wherein the previously stored connectivity data comprises previously stored network device identification data and previously stored first gaming machine identification data for wager gaming machines communicatively connected to the network device via the gaming network at a prior time.