Patent ID: 8491377
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A system for playing a game on a gaming machine, comprising: a clearing house for exchanging multiple types of non-monetary chattel and gaming establishment points according to rules of the clearing house, the gaming establishment points establishing a standardized single point system for use as bets on the gaming machine based on conversion rates between the non-monetary chattel and gaming establishment points; a player account stored in a database and including gaming establishment points available to a player for betting, the available points based in part upon play outcome on the gaming machine using at least a portion of the gaming establishment points as a bet and exchanges using the clearing house; a mechanism for relaying data regarding the balance of gaming establishment points between the player account and the gaming machine for use in the gaming machine by the player; and a converter configured to convert gaming establishment points won on the gaming machine by the player into a first type of non-monetary chattel.