Patent ID: 8578338

Claim:
A wager game creation and regulatory body submission system comprising: a creative environment hosted on a server, which can be accessed by a game developer for developing wager game code; a production environment hosted on the server, in which services are performed on the wager game code, wherein the services relate to wager game code platform conversion such that the wager game code can be executed on multiple types of server-based gaming platforms or multiple types of electronic gaming machines manufactured by different manufacturers, and wherein the services further relate to modification of the wager game code for compliance purposes, and wager game code testing; a submission environment hosted on the server, in which the wager game code and submission documents are bundled into a game package in preparation for submission to a regulatory body, wherein: the creative environment, the production environment, and the submission environment are provided by a game provider or publisher, and the game package includes one or more items required for regulatory body approval and one or more voluntary items, the one or more voluntary items not required for regulatory body approval and included based on expertise and experience of the game provider or publisher to facilitate regulatory approval, wherein the game package includes a differences report showing differences between the wager game code and a plurality of previously approved game components incorporated into the wager game code; a memory for storing a library of regulatory body approved game components; wherein: the library of regulatory body approved game components is configured to be accessible to the creative environment, the creative environment has a game creation memory area for facilitating wager game code development by the game developer, and the creative environment has an interface for use by the game developer.