Patent ID: 9640022
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F

Claim:
1. A method of operating a gaming system, which includes a server including a processor and a memory configured to communicate with a plurality of wager-based gaming devices via a local area network, the method comprising: (a) receiving gaming information from the plurality of wager-based gaming devices via the local area network, wherein: (b) if a physical item associated with a monetary value is received, via an acceptor of the first of the wager-based gaming devices, establishing a credit balance based on the monetary value associated with the received physical item; (c) prior to a cashout request and in response to an occurrence of a designated game event of the first of the wager-based gaming devices, receiving, from the first of the wager-based gaming devices, a player-initiated request to include the first gaming information, including the at least one of: the gameplay data, the device data, and the player data, in a machine readable optically formatted image data; (d) after receiving the player-initiated request, generating the machine readable optically formatted image data, wherein data encoded in the machine readable optically formatted image data includes a unique identifier and the first gaming information, including the at least one of: the gameplay data, the device data, and the player data; (e) sending the generated machine readable optically formatted image data to the first of the wager-based gaming devices, wherein a display device of the first of the wager-based gaming devices displays the machine readable optically formatted image data; and (f) if the cashout request is received, via a cashout device of the first of the wager-based gaming devices, initiating a payout associated with the credit balance.