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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Victor Mercado, Berwyn, IL (US);
Craig J. Sylla, Round Lake, IL (US);
Stephen A. Canterbury, Antioch, IL (US);
Victor Mercado, Berwyn, IL (US);
Craig J. Sylla, Round Lake, IL (US);
Stephen A. Canterbury, Antioch, IL (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A computerized wagering game system includes a gaming module comprising a processor and gaming code which is operable when executed on the processor to present a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered. The system also comprises an interface to receive a nonvolatile storage device, which is operable to mount and unmount one or more hot pluggable mass storage devices. In a further embodiment, the interface is operable to prohibit write caching data to be written to the nonvolatile storage device, and to restrict mounting nonvolatile storage devices to authorized users.