Patent ID: 6884173

Claim:
A method for configuring an electronic gaming machine (EGM), the method comprising: initiating a configuration routine at a first EGM; displaying one or more menus on a video screen on the first EGM, the one or more menus offering possible configurations for play of a game on the first EGM, the possible configurations being selected from the group consisting of different games that can be played on the first EGM, different denominations acceptable by the first EGM, a number of reels displayed by the first EGM, a number of paylines that can be played on the first EGM, a bet per payline for a game played by the first EGM, an average payback percentage of the first EGM, a currency exchange rate for converting a value of currency from one country to a value of currency in another country, and a sound level of the first EGM; receiving signals by the first EGM from an operator at the first EGM selecting configurations from the offered possible configurations; uploading the configuration settings to an external memory, remote from the first EGM, so as to store the configuration settings in the memory; identifying at least a second EGM for being configured with the configuration settings of the first EGM; transmitting by the second EGM its possible configurations to an external server, coupled to the external memory, to allow the server to verify that the second EGM can support the selected configuration settings; and downloading the configuration settings from the external memory to at least the second EGM to store the selected configuration settings in at least the second EGM upon the server verifying that the second EGM can support the settings.