Patent ID: 9129468
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of validation of a voucher in a gaming machine, said method comprising the steps of: receiving the voucher in the gaming machine from a user wherein the voucher includes first coded indicia having first identification data and value data representing a value of the voucher and second coded indicia having second identification data; reading the first coded indicia disposed on the voucher; decoding the first coded indicia to determine the first identification data and the value data; reading the second coded indicia disposed on the voucher; decoding the second coded indicia to determine the second identification data; executing an algorithm with the gaming machine using operands consisting of the first identification data and the value data to generate algorithm data; validating the authenticity of the voucher with the gaming machine using operands consisting of the algorithm data and the second identification data; and crediting the gaming machine with the value of the voucher in response to the voucher being authentic, whereby the validation of the voucher and the transfer of value of the voucher to the gaming machine is performed by the gaming machine.