Patent ID: 8323103

Claim:
A gaming device in a gaming network, comprising: a master gaming controller; memory; a first display; at least one interface for communicating with at least one other device in the gaming network; and the master gaming controller of the gaming device being operable to: control a wager-based game played at the gaming device, detect a presence of a gaming component authentication ticket, receive an input for changing an operating mode of the gaming device to an authentication mode of operation and change the operating mode of the gaming device to the authentication mode of operation in response to the input, read authentication information stored on the gaming component authentication ticket, the authentication information including an identification of an algorithm to perform a first authentication test and parameters to use as input for the algorithm, perform, using at least a portion of the authentication information, the first authentication test on a first selected component of a plurality of components located within a housing of the gaming device in order to test whether the first selected component is authentic, generate, in response to the first authentication test, authentication output data relating to the first selected component, and provide the authentication output data to an external entity.