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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2024
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Jeremiah O'hara, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Anthony Patton, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Samarth Raman, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure concerns automatic distributed on-board controllers (OBCs) for electronic gaming machines (EGMs). In particular, various schemes to host a distributed OBC across multiple peer machines are disclosed herein. Traditionally, a 'progressive' controller for a set of EGMs comprises a set of services that runs on dedicated servers/hardware and provides progressive functionality (e.g., tracking and administering various “progressive jackpots”) for a large number of EGMs. One aim of the OBC schemes disclosed herein is to eliminate the need for dedicated servers or additional hardware for smaller scale progressive setups, such as a relatively small area or a moderately-sized bank of connected EGMs (e.g., less than 32 games) on a casino floor. The embodiments disclosed herein may advantageously help to reduce the cost of running progressives or other forms of group-related or synchronized media information for smaller banks of games, as well as provide additional fault tolerance and data redundancy.