Igt Canada Solutions Ulc

Bradley Boudreau

Dwayne R Nelson

James A Vasquez

Kevin M Higgins

Steven G LeMay

Erik B Petersen

Dwayne A Davis

Warner R Cockerille, Iv

Larry R Hollibaugh

Dennis Thomas Kleppen

Marc A Espin

James William Morrow

Suzanne Cockerille

Sean Miller

Yan Meunier

Robert Walker

Yves Légère

Gaming systems and methods for facilitating funds to and from an electronic gaming machine via a mobile device.

Gaming system and method for utilizing a mobile device to fund a gaming session

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to maintaining a self-versioning data lake. According to one embodiment, a method for providing access to a data lake can comprise maintaining a corpus of data in an initial version the data lake, monitoring versioning information for each of a plurality of schemas for data submitted to the data lake, and detecting a change in a schema of the plurality of schemas based on the monitoring of the versioning information for the plurality of schema. A new version of the data lake can be created based on the detected changes in the schema while maintaining the initial version of the data lake. A notification of availability of the new version of the data lake can be provided to users of the data lake.

Self-versioning data lake

The present disclosure relates generally to computational devices and systems that include smart glass or switchable glass. A computational device may include instructions that receive an indication of game events as the game events occur and are displayed with a user interface of the computational device, instructions that determine, based on the indication of the game events, whether switchable glass is to be in the first state or the second state, and instructions that provide a control signal to a driver circuit consistent with the determination of whether the switchable glass is to be in the first state or the second state.

Computational device and system with switchable glass

The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for facilitating funds to and from an electronic gaming machine via a mobile device.

In one aspect, there is described a computer-implemented method comprising: determining locations of a plurality of electronic gaming machines through communications between the electronic gaming machines and at least one wireless transmitter provided at a known location; based on the locations of the plurality of electronic gaming machines, generating a game floor map; and displaying the game floor map on a retailer terminal, the retailer terminal configured to provide management functions for the plurality of electronic gaming machines.

Automated topology generation for electronic gaming machines

In one aspect, there is described a computer-implemented method of configuring timeout values for an electronic gaming system. The electronic gaming system includes an electronic gaming machine and a first host coupled to the electronic gaming machine through a network. The method includes: receiving a command to initiate timeout calibration through an input interface associated with the electronic gaming system; and in response to receiving the command: i) sending a plurality of test messages between the electronic gaming machine and the first host; ii) determining transmission times for the test messages; iii) based on the determined transmission times, automatically determining one or more timeout values; and iv) configuring one or both of the electronic gaming machine and the first host based on the determined timeout values.

Automatic electronic gaming system timeout calibration

According to some aspects, a method of operating a casino game is provided comprising obtaining indications of communication latency from the server to at least a first gaming device and a second gaming device, receiving first user input data from the first gaming device, the first user input data being indicative of a wager, determining an outcome for the first instance of the casino game based at least in part on the wager, and, based at least in part on the indications of communication latency from the server to the first and second gaming devices, sending first image data to the first gaming device through wired communication channels, the first image data including one or more visual indications of the outcome, and sending second image data to the second gaming device through at least one wireless communication channel.

Techniques of performing cloud-based hosting of shared gaming activities

A method for synchronizing a casino game playable at a plurality of gaming devices is provided. The method includes receiving, by a server having at least one processor, an indication of a wager from at least one of the plurality of gaming devices, determining, by the server, a schedule for at least one jackpot of the casino game based at least in part on the received indication of the wager, and sending, by the server, the schedule for the at least one jackpot of the casino game to at least a first gaming device and a second gaming device, the sending including sending the schedule to the first gaming device through wired communication channels, and sending the schedule to the second gaming device through at least one wireless communication channel.

Techniques of synchronizing gaming devices for shared gaming activities

A method for synchronizing a casino game playable at a plurality of gaming devices is provided. The method includes receiving, by a server having at least one processor, an indication of a wager from at least one of the plurality of gaming devices, obtaining, by the server, indications of communication latency from the server to at least a first gaming device and a second gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices, and sending, by the server, game outcome determinations to at least the first and second gaming devices, the sending including sending a first game outcome determination to the first gaming device through wired communication channels, and sending a second game outcome determination to the second gaming device through at least one wireless communication channel, wherein sending the first and second game outcome determinations is based at least in part on the indications of communication latency.

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