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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2007
Stephen A. Canterbury, Antioch, IL (US);
Vernon W. Hamlin, Lisle, IL (US);
Stephen A. Canterbury, Antioch, IL (US);
Vernon W. Hamlin, Lisle, IL (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a method includes retrieving a value associated with a nonvolatile machine-readable medium from the nonvolatile machine-readable medium of a wagering game machine. The method also includes retrieving an authentication value from the nonvolatile machine-readable medium. The authentication value is derived from the value. The method includes enabling execution of a wagering game application stored in the nonvolatile machine-readable medium, in response to determining that the authentication value authenticates the wagering game application.