Method for managing an electronic gaming machine group

摘要

Various embodiments are directed to gaming systems and related methods for managing one or more electronic gaming machines (EGMs). The gaming system includes a network management system capable of establishing one or more groups (or collections) of gaming machines. The groups of gaming machines may be defined according to one or more gaming machine characteristics. The grouping of the gaming machines on the casino floor allows the system to dynamically configure these groups of gaming machines.

主权项

1. A method for configuring two or more electronic gaming machines, the method comprising:
establishing a first group of electronic gaming machines, wherein each gaming machine within the first group shares a common characteristic; associating one or more electronic gaming machines having the common characteristic into the first group of gaming machines; scheduling a download assignment for the first group of gaming machines; determining that the download assignment is incompatible to the first group of gaming machines; scheduling one or more downloads supplemental to the incompatible download assignment to resolve the incompatibility, enabling the scheduled incompatible download assignment to be executable on the first group of gaming machines; prompting a user to schedule a configuration assignment or automatically scheduling a configuration assignment after determining that a configuration assignment is not scheduled after the scheduled download assignment; and downloading the download assignment to the first group of gaming machines.