Patent ID: 8308574

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for managing computerized wagering games in a wagering game network, the method comprising: selecting a group of wagering game terminals on which to present wagering games; activating, in a wagering game server, a wagering game unit to present the wagering games on the wagering game terminals; determining at least one event that must occur at each of the wagering game terminals before the wagering games will cease presentation; detecting, in the wagering game server, user input indicating a request to deactivate the wagering game unit; determining, after the detecting the user input, that the at least one event occurred at certain of the wagering game terminals; ceasing presentation of the wagering games on the certain of the wagering game terminals; determining that the at least one event occurred at others of the wagering game terminals; ceasing presentation of the wagering games on the others of the wagering game terminals; deactivating, on the wagering game server, the wagering game unit, wherein the deactivating occurs after presentation of the wagering game has ceased on all the wagering game terminals.