Patent ID: 8414403

Claim:
A gaming table device, comprising: a housing having an interior portion and an exterior surface with a first and second opening extending through the exterior surface into the interior portion, the first opening accessible to a dealer at a gaming table and the second opening accessible to a player at the gaming table; a voucher validator located in the interior portion of the housing and configured to read gaming vouchers received through the first opening; a dealer keyboard proximate to the first opening; a dealer display visible to the dealer operating the gaming table device via the dealer keyboard; a voucher/coupon printer located in the interior portion of the housing and configured to print a voucher and present the voucher to the player via the second opening; a player display visible to the player and mounted on the housing proximate to the second opening; a first communication interface located in the interior portion and coupled to a ticket-in ticket-out (TITO) system; a second communication interface located in the interior portion and coupled to a gaming chip issuance, redemption and tracking system; and a controller located in the interior portion and coupled to the voucher validator, the dealer keyboard, the dealer display, the player display, the voucher/coupon printer, a player tracking card reader, and the first, second and a third communication interfaces, wherein the controller is constructed to: validate a voucher using the voucher validator and the coupled TITO system to determine a cashin amount for the player; issue credits to the player for the cashin amount for use at the gaming table: display the amount of the issued credits to the dealer using the dealer display and to the player using the player display; receive a cashout amount for the player using the keyboard; and print a voucher for the player for the cashout amount using the voucher printer and the coupled TITO system.