Patent ID: 8038530

Claim:
A wagering game system comprising: a memory unit; a wagering game content filter to receive wagering game content over a communications network, to authenticate the wagering game content, and to filter authenticated wagering game content from non-authenticated wagering game content to provide filtered wagering game content; a filter authentication unit to authenticate the wagering game content filter, upon authenticating the wagering game content filter, receive the filtered wagering game content, and forward the filtered wagering game content to the memory unit; and a processor to fetch the filtered, authenticated wagering game content from the memory unit and to conduct a wagering game using the authenticated wagering game content, wherein the wagering game content filter is to authenticate the filter authentication unit before providing the filtered wagering game content to the filter authentication unit, and wherein the filter authentication unit and the wagering game content filter authenticate each other using a three-way handshake.