Patent ID: 11967201
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A device comprising:
a support structure configured to be supported by a housing of an electronic gaming machine comprising an electronic gaming machine processor and an electronic gaming machine memory device;
a processor supported by the support structure, the processor being distinct from the electronic gaming machine processor; and
a memory device supported by the support structure, the memory device stores distinct from the electronic gaming machine memory device, the memory device stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor in association with an electronic cash-out event, cause the processor to:
responsive to an input being made to cashout a credit balance of the electronic gaming machine, receive data associated with a virtual ticket voucher from the electronic gaming machine, wherein the virtual ticket voucher is associated with a value based on the cashed out credit balance of the electronic gaming machine,
cause the memory device to store virtual ticket voucher information associated with the virtual ticket voucher, wherein the stored virtual ticket voucher information is subsequently used in association with an accounting of activity of the electronic gaming machine, and
after causing the memory device to store virtual ticket voucher information associated with the vitrual ticket voucher, cause a communication of the data associated with the virtual ticket voucher to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device comprises a processor that is distinct from the processor, and the mobile device comprises a memory device that is distinct from the memory device.