Patent ID: 8087988

Claim:
A gaming system, comprising: a central gaming system configured to: generate pre-viewed gaming data using a random number generator, the pre-viewed gaming data including game outcomes of games of chance that have not yet been displayed by a gaming device, receive an input selection, the pre-viewed gaming data generated in response to receiving the input selection, and store the pre-viewed gaming data; and the gaming device, the gaming device being physically separate from the central gaming system, the gaming device comprising: a communication interface configured to communicate with the central gaming system, to transmit the input selection, and to receive the pre-viewed gaming data; a display screen; one or more input mechanisms; a processing unit configured to: accept instructions from the one of more input mechanisms to commence display of at least a portion of the pre-viewed gaming data, display on the display screen the at least a portion of the pre-viewed gaming data, and flag the displayed portion of the pre-viewed gaming data as viewed, the flagged pre-viewed gaming data constituting post-viewed gaming data; and a biometric device, wherein the processing unit of the gaming device is further configured to verify player identity using the biometric device before display of the at least a portion of the pre-viewed gaming data, and wherein the verification identifies a player as the player authorized to view the pre-viewed gaming data; wherein the communication interface is further configured to transmit the post-viewed gaming data to the central gaming system; wherein the central gaming system is further configured to compare the post-viewed gaming data to the stored pre-viewed gaming data for authentication of the post-viewed gaming data.