Method for managing accounting
View Patent ↗A method for managing game accounting on at least one gaming machine comprising one or more active games is provided. The method comprises providing a memory means operatively connected to the gaming machine, wherein the memory means comprises a set of active game meters for each active game on the gaming machine, and one set of removed game meters accumulating data corresponding to all games removed from the gaming machine. Active game data is received and stored in applicable active game meters. For any removed game, the game state data is captured prior to the game's removal and is stored in the applicable accumulating removed game meters. The stored game data is accessed in the active and removed game meters and a theoretical win value is used to determine the overall gaming machine performance.
1. A method for managing game accounting on at least one gaming machine, wherein the gaming machine comprises one or more active games; the method comprising:
providing a memory device operatively connected to the gaming machine, wherein the memory device stores a set of active game meters for each active game on the gaming machine, and one set of deleted game meters accumulating data corresponding to all games deleted from the gaming machine;
receiving and storing active game data in applicable active game meters;
for any deleted game, capturing the game state data prior to the game's deletion and storing the game state data in the applicable accumulating removed game meters; and
accessing the stored game data in the active and deleted game meters and determining the overall gaming machine performance by comparing a calculated theoretical win value with a return percentage of the gaming machine, wherein the calculated theoretical win value is a theoretical performance of the gaming machine based on a theoretical payout percentage and the active and deleted game meters and the return percentage is only based on the active and deleted game meters.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising calculating the theoretical win value.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising storing the calculated theoretical win value in a dedicated active game meter.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein each set of active meters comprises one or more of a coin in meter, a coin out meter, an attendant paid jackpot meter, a theoretical win meter, a machine paid progressive meter, an attendant paid progressive meter, and a progressive theoretical win meter.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the removed set of meters comprises one or more of a coin in meter, a coin out meter, an attendant paid jackpot meter, a theoretical win meter, a machine paid progressive meter, an attendant paid progressive meter, and a progressive theoretical win meter.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising using a progressive theoretical win value to determine the overall gaming machine performance.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising calculating the progressive theoretical win value.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising storing the calculated progressive theoretical win value in a dedicated active game meter.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a game to remove from the gaming machine;
capturing game state data from the game prior to removing the game; and
storing the captured game state data in the removed game meters such that the captured game state data is accumulated in the applicable removed meters.
10. The method of claim 2 , further comprising restoring the removed game and the stored game state data associated with the removed game.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining the overall gaming machine performance further comprises subtracting the captured game state data of the restored game from the removed game meters.
12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adding a game to the gaming machine and providing a set of active game meters for the added active game.
13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising continuing to access the active game meters and the removed game meters to track the overall gaming machine performance over time.
14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a set of active game meters for the gaming machine as a whole.
15. A method for managing accounting in a casino gaming system including one or more gaming machines connected via a network connection, wherein each gaming machine comprises one or more games stored thereon, the method comprising:
providing one or more memory devices operatively connected to each gaming machine, wherein the memory devices store a separate set of active game meters for each active game on a particular gaming machine, and one set of deleted game meters for the same particular machine;
accumulating data corresponding to all games deleted from the gaming machine and storing the accumulated data in the set of deleted game meters;
receiving and storing active game data in applicable active game meters; and
accessing the stored game data in the active and deleted game meters and determining the overall gaming machine performance by comparing a calculated theoretical win value with a return percentage of the gaming machine, wherein the calculated theoretical win value is a theoretical performance of the gaming machine based on a theoretical payout percentage and the active and deleted game meters and the return percentage is only based on the active and deleted game meters.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising continuing to access the active game meters and the removed game meters to track the overall gaming machine performance over time.
17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising calculating the theoretical win value.
18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising storing the calculated theoretical win value in a dedicated active game meter.
19. The method of claim 15 , wherein each of the set of active game meters comprises one or more of a coin in meter, a coin out meter, an attendant paid jackpot meter, a theoretical win meter, a machine paid progressive meter, an attendant paid progressive meter, and a progressive theoretical win meter.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the set of removed game meters comprises one or more of a coin in meter, a coin out meter, an attendant paid jackpot meter, a theoretical win meter, a machine paid progressive meter, an attendant paid progressive meter, and a progressive theoretical win meter.
21. The method of claim 15 , further comprising calculating a progressive theoretical win value.
22. The method of claim 21 , further comprising storing the calculated progressive theoretical win value in a dedicated active game meter.
23. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
identifying a game to remove from a particular gaming machine;
capturing game state data from the game prior to removing the game; and
storing the captured game state data in the removed game meters such that the captured game state data is accumulated in the applicable removed meters.
24. The method of claim 23 , further comprising replicating the captured game state data and storing the replicated data in a system server connected to the casino gaming system.
25. The method of claim 23 , further comprising restoring the removed game and the stored game data associated with the removed game.