Patent ID: 7525570

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of controlling a camera to capture security-related events that occur in or around a gaming environment that includes a plurality of wager-based gaming machines, the method comprising: polling a plurality of wager-based gaming machines in automated and electronic fashion from a remote location; determining whether a security-related event has occurred or is occurring at one or more locations involving one of said plurality of wager-based gaming machines based upon said polling of said plurality of wager-based gaming machines; automatically activating a camera in response to a positive determination that a security-related event has occurred or is occurring at a particular location involving one of said plurality of wager-based gaming machines in order to capture video information at said particular location; capturing a digital video clip of said security-related event; storing data characterizing the security-related event in a database; and automatically associating said digital video clip with one or more data identifiers characterizing said security-related event.