Patent ID: 7736234

Claim:
An electronic gaming machine that accepts a wager, that is used to play a game based on the wager and grant a payout based on the result of the game, said electronic gaming machine comprising: an exterior housing configured to contain a plurality of internal gaming machine components therein; a master gaming controller configured to control one or more aspects of said game and to communicate instructions to at least one of said plurality of internal gaming machine components; a primary power source configured to provide power to said electronic gaming machine sufficient to accept said wager, play said game and grant said payout; a logging device configured to record a plurality of details of an activity at least one of said plurality of internal gaming machine components when no power is supplied to said electronic gaming machine through said primary power source, wherein said plurality of details includes at least three details; and at least one Random Access Memory magnetoresistive storage device that is accessible to both said master gaming controller and said logging device, said at least one Random Access Memory magnetoresistive storage device being configured to store data thereupon regarding said plurality of details of said activity, wherein during a time at which no power is supplied to said electronic gaming machine through said primary power source, said logging device is configured to record within said at least one Random Access Memory magnetoresistive storage device data indicative of an access to an interior of said electronic gaming machine and record within said at least one Random Access Memory magnetoresistive storage device for a set time period after the access data indicative of said at least three details of said activity.