Patent ID: 9235960
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G06Q,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming system comprising: a housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including: a display device supported by the housing; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the display device and the plurality of input devices to: (a) if a physical item is received via the acceptor, establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item, (b) determine an amount of the credit balance, (c) if the determined amount of the credit balance is at least a threshold amount, (d) regardless of the determined amount of the credit balance relative to the threshold amount: (e) if a cashout input is received via the cashout device, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.