Patent ID: 8647190
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A credit management and fraud detection system for a game arcade, the system comprising: a first gaming machine utilizing printed tickets on which game machine credit information, for purchasing a game on the first gaming machine, is printed, the first gaming machine a second gaming machine utilizing electronic recording media, in which game machine credit information, for purchasing a game on the second gaming machine, is stored, the second gaming machine a data converter, separate from the first and second gaming machines, for converting the game machine credit information printed on the printed tickets into a data format for storing in one of the electronic recording media and for converting the game machine credit information read from the electronic recording media into a data format for printing on one of the printed tickets; a data management unit including an electronic memory that stores and manages the game credit information; and a network connecting the first gaming machine, the second gaming machine, the data converter, and the data management unit for transmission of the game machine credit information read by the first and second reader/writers to the data management unit for comparison, in the data management unit, to game machine credit information stored in the memory of the data management unit, wherein