Patent ID: 8052522

Claim:
A gaming machine, said gaming machine comprising: an exterior housing arranged to contain a plurality of internal gaming machine components therein; a master gaming controller in communication with at least one of said plurality of internal gaming machine components, said master gaming controller being adapted to execute or control one or more aspects of a game by performing game execution operations; a printer unit comprising: a printer configured to print to cashless instruments monetary amounts issued by said gaming machine, each cashless instrument comprising at least one regulated field and one non-regulated field; and a printer interpreter, in direct communication with and interposed between the master gaming controller and the printer, said printer interpreter being isolated from the game execution operations of the master game controller such that the printer interpreter cannot affect execution or an outcome of the game; a first set of firmware configured to reference a jurisdictional requirement of the at least one regulated field, and to control printing of the cashless instrument within the regulated field; a second set of firmware, separate and distinct from said first set of firmware, configured to control printing of the at least one unregulated field; wherein said printer interpreter is configured to: receive a credit amount in a first currency unit from said master gaming controller, convert the credit amount to a player-selectable first currency amount in a first currency unit different from both the units of the credit amount and a second currency amount in a second currency unit, and under control of said first set of firmware and said second set of firmware, instruct said printer to print, to the cashless instrument, textual information and the first currency amount, said textual information being in a language corresponding to the first currency units and comprising the at least one regulated field as indicated by said first set of firmware.