Patent ID: 7406602

Claim:
A gaming method performed in a gaming device, the gaming device comprising a first processor and at least one second processor, the gaming method comprising: receiving by the second processor a first number, the first number being changed based on certain events; generating first data by the second processor for being transmitted to the first processor; calculating an authentication number by the second processor by performing an algorithm using at least the first number and the first data to generate the authentication number; transmitting by the second processor to the first processor the authentication number and the first data; deriving by the first processor, using at least the first number, derived data from the authentication number; comparing the derived data, derived from the authentication number, with the first data transmitted by the second processor to the first processor; and if there is a match, using the first data itself by the first processor to carry out a gaming function unrelated to verifying data, and, if there is not a match, not using the first data by the first processor to carry out a gaming function.