Patent ID: 8771057
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A system for use with a plurality of gaming devices, comprising: a plurality of player tracking devices, each player tracking device being associated with one of the plurality of gaming devices and configured to enable a player to initiate player credit transactions to operate a corresponding gaming device; a plurality of transaction reading devices, each transaction reading device being coupled to one of the plurality of gaming devices and being configured to receive monetary instruments and read information associated with the monetary instruments to enable a player to initiate a monetary instrument transaction to operate a corresponding gaming device, at least one monetary instrument including a currency bill; a host computer operatively coupled to each transaction reading device and being configured to: a database associated with the host computer and being configured to retrievably store the generated transaction records, the host computer for awarding incentive points to player accounts stored in the database, each player tracking device allowing the player to initiate transactions to download incentive points from the host computer to the associated gaming device for play; and each player tracking device including a data display device operatively coupled to the host computer and being configured to retrieve and selectively display a list of transaction records in response to input from a user, the list of transaction records including the selected monetary instrument transaction records, the selected player credit transaction records, and the assigned unique gaming device identifier.