Patent ID: 6471590
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A cashless method operating a gaming machine, the gaming machine issuing a cash-out value when a cash-out button is pressed, the cashless method comprising:obtaining one of a plurality of unprinted tickets stored at the gaming machine, printing, at the gaming machine, a code containing information at least including the cash-out value on the obtained ticket, scanning, at the gaming machine, the code on the printed ticket in response to the aforesaid printing, retaining the printed ticket, at the gaming machine, when the scanned code does not match the code, in response to the aforesaid scanning, delivering the printed ticket out from the gaming machine when the scanned code matches the printed code, in response to the aforesaid scanning, receiving a ticket having a printed code when inserted at the gaming machine, reading, at the gaming machine, the information in the code from the received ticket, issuing a cash-in value from the read code to the gaming machine, retaining the read ticket at the gaming machine in response to issuing.