Patent ID: 7896739
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of issuing and accepting a value ticket having an associated value at one or more gaming machines of a system including a plurality of gaming machines comprising: generating a ticket at an issuing gaming machine of said plurality of gaming machines; generating a ticket record for said ticket; storing said ticket record regarding said ticket at said issuing gaming machine; transmitting said ticket record to the other of said plurality of gaming machines of said system; storing said ticket record at said other of said plurality of gaming machines; accepting said ticket at a reader of an accepting gaming machine of one of said plurality of gaming machines; reading information from said ticket; transmitting ticket information from said reader to an accounting controller of said accepting gaming machine; comparing said ticket information to ticket records stored at said accepting gaming machine; determining if said ticket is valid and, if so, determining a value of said ticket and sending a signal to said reader regarding said value; and transmitting at least one signal from said reader to cause a gaming controller of said accepting gaming machine to credit said value of said ticket.