Patent ID: 8360874

Claim:
A method of adding a new game to a plurality of regulated gaming machines, the method executing on a processor, the method comprising: eliciting a game title selection from a menu of regulated game titles playable on the plurality of regulated gaming machines, each game title being associated with a first at least one regulatorily pre-certified software component that executes on the plurality of regulated gaming machines; receiving a game title selection, the game titles associated with the plurality of regulated gaming machines, the title selection made from a regulated game titles menu; eliciting a betting configuration selection from a betting configurations menu, the betting configurations being compatible with the selected regulated game title, each betting configuration being associated with a second at least one regulatorily pre-certified software component that executes on the regulated gaming machines, the betting configurations including at least one of denominations, bonus styles, paylines and percentage return to player and volatility profiles; receiving a configuration selection of at least one of the betting configurations from the betting configurations menu; configuring a new game to include at least the first at least one regulatorily pre-certified software component and the second at least one regulatorily pre-certified software component, the first at least one regulatorily pre-certified software component and the second at least one regulatorily pre-certified software component subsequently dynamically linked to provide a configured new game without requiring recertification of the new game by a gaming laboratory; selecting at least one of the plurality of regulated gaming machines on which the new game is to be enabled; enabling game play of the configured new game on the selected at least one regulated gaming machine.