GAMING DEVICE SECURITY SYSTEM: APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

A gaming device security system (10) is disclosed which includes two processing areas (20, 60) linked together and communicating critical gaming functions via a security protocol wherein each transmitted gaming function includes a specific encrypted signature to be decoded and validated before being processed by either processing area. The two processing areas (20, 60) include a first processing area (20) having a dynamic RAM and an open architecture design which is expandable without interfering or accessing critical gaming functions and a second "secure" processing area (60) having a non-alterable memory for the storage of critical gaming functions therein.