Patent ID: 9489799
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G06Q,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming device for a wager-based electronic gaming machine (EGM), the gaming device comprising: a housing; one or more security sensors, disposed within the housing, configured to measure data which indicates a breach of the housing; a mounting mechanism coupled to the housing which is used to secure the gaming device within an interior of an EGM (Electronic Gaming Machine) cabinet of a wager-based EGM; a gaming device controller including a processor and a memory disposed within the housing wherein the gaming device controller is configured to, a) monitor the one or more security sensors and determine whether a breach of the housing has occurred, b) via a first data connector disposed within the housing, receive commands to initially configure the gaming device to operate with a particular model of the wager-based EGM; c) via a second data connector disposed within the housing, receive data associated with a play of the wager-based game from an EGM controller disposed within the EGM cabinet of the EGM including credits available on the EGM; d) via a third data connector disposed within the housing, communicate with a value input device disposed within the EGM cabinet and communicatively coupled to the EGM controller; e) via a fourth data connector disposed within the housing, communicate with a printer disposed within the EGM cabinet; and e) via a network connector disposed within the housing, communicate with one or more remote devices via the network connector including a state lottery server; f) via a fifth data connector, disposed within the housing, and coupled to a communication pathway between a cashout button on the EGM and the EGM controller, receive a cashout signal from the cashout button and block the cashout signal from reaching the EGM controller, g) in response to receiving the cashout signal and the credits available on the EGM, generate first video data including an offer of a lottery ticket, h) via a sixth data connector, disposed with the housing, output the first video data to a touch screen display the first video data and information associated with the credits available on the EGM; i) via a seventh data connector, disposed within the housing, receive touch screen data from the touch screen display; j) based upon the touch screen data, determine the offer of the lottery ticket is accepted; k) based upon the touch screen data received from the seventh data connector, send modified credit data to the EGM controller via the third data connector and l) via the fourth data connector, control output of the lottery ticket on the printer; a power connector disposed within the housing, configured to receive power from a power source within the EGM cabinet wherein the processor receives the power via the power connector.