Patent ID: 8475264

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of capturing a state of a wagering game machine while the wagering game machine is presenting wagering game, the method comprising: determining, via at least one of one or more processors, that an award event has occurred in the wagering game on the wagering game machine; in direct response to the award event, creating a snapshot of one or more executable software components and data of the wagering game machine, the snapshot comprising a copy of the one or more executable software components and data installed on the wagering game machine at the point in time the snapshot is created; saving the snapshot in one or more memory devices; receiving, via at least one of the one or more processors, a rollback indication; upon receiving the rollback indication, selecting a snapshot to restore; and restoring, via at least one of the one or more processors, one or more executable software components and data from the snapshot, wherein the restoring excludes restoring critical data, the critical data comprising accounting data or meter data.