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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2009
Mary M. Burke, Somonauk, IL (US);
James E. Oatman, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Jacqueline F. Parra, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Mary M. Burke, Somonauk, IL (US);
James E. Oatman, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Jacqueline F. Parra, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
WMS Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter include one or more machine readable media including instructions which when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform operations comprising: loading, into a main memory of the machine, a wagering game software program configured to, upon execution, determine results for wagering games and to provide the results to remote wagering game terminals; executing the wagering game software program in the machine; deactivating the wagering game software program, wherein the deactivating includes, for each one of the wagering game terminals, determining that the one of the wagering game terminals has been idle for a specified time period; discontinuing determination of the results and provision of the results to the one of the wagering game terminals; and ceasing execution of the wagering game software.