Patent ID: 8678919

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of managing and implementing wagering game schedules in a casino environment, the method comprising: storing, in a first data structure, a first list of schedules of game actions, each schedule of the first list including at least a game identifier and a designated game time indicating one or more times the identified game is to be played; storing, in a second data structure separate from the first plurality of memory locations, a second list of gaming machine identities, each gaming machine identity of the second list being uniquely associated with a respective gaming machine, and linking data connecting one or more schedules of the first list to one or more gaming machine identities of the second list, wherein the linking data connects the one or more schedules to the one or more gaming machine identities such that one or more of the one or more schedules can be modified independent of and without modifying the one or more gaming machine identities, and such that one or more of the one or more gaming machine identities can be modified independent of and without modifying the one or more schedules; automatically comparing, via at least one of one or more processors, a current time with the designated game times of the one or more schedules; and automatically transmitting, via at least the one of one or more processors and prior to the designated game times, instructions based on the currently stored first list, the currently stored second list, and the currently stored linking data, to the one or more gaming machines associated with the one or more gaming machine identities, the transmitted instructions, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, causing the one or more gaming machines to play games identified by the one or more schedules at the designated game times.