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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2017
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde, AU;
Richard Jeffrey Jordan, Las Vegas, NV (US);
ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, North Ryde NSW, AU;
Abstract
A gaming machine is provided. The gaming machine includes a credit input mechanism, a player interface, a slot computer that executes a game, and a video slot machine interface board (VSMIB). The VSMIB includes a slot accounting system (SAS) interface coupled to the slot computer, and a processor coupled to the SAS interface and configured to collect tournament activity data for a tournament from the gaming machine in real time and to transmit the tournament activity data over a network. The VSMIB also includes a video capture circuit coupled to a first graphics processing unit (GPU) of the slot computer and configured to capture game video data from the first GPU, and a second GPU coupled to the video capture circuit and the processor, the second GPU configured to drive a display of the player interface based on the game video data and tournament content for the tournament.