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1. A computer-implemented method of operating a gaming system that conducts a casino wagering game, the gaming system including a gaming housing, a random element generator, one or more processing units, an electronic display device, a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) module, a non-volatile storage device, and an electronic input device, the electronic display device and the electronic input device being disposed on the gaming housing, the method comprising:
generating one or more random elements with the random element generator; receiving, responsive to a physical input to the electronic input device, a wager input to initiate the casino wagering game; determining, by the one or more processing units, an outcome of the casino wagering game based, at least in part, on the one or more random elements; displaying the outcome on the electronic display device; awarding, by the one or more processing units, a tangible award in response to the outcome meeting a predetermined award criterion; storing, in the NVRAM module, first critical data produced by conducting the casino wagering game; copying the first critical data to the non-volatile storage device; clearing the first data from the NVRAM module before copying second critical data to the NVRAM module; and copying the second critical data from the non-volatile storage device to the cleared NVRAM module, wherein the critical data comprises a portion of the first critical data. |