Patent ID: 8613659

Claim:
An electronic gaming machine (EGM) comprising: a cabinet; a display mounted to the cabinet; a wireless interface for communicating with a portable electronic device; a network interface for communicating with a validation server secured within the cabinet; a printer configured to print ticket vouchers communicatively coupled to a game controller secured within the cabinet; a cash out button coupled to the game controller for generating a signal to transfer value from the EGM via a printed ticket voucher; the game controller including a processor and a memory secured within the cabinet configured to 1) control a wager-based game played on the electronic gaming machine; 2) issue virtual ticket voucher and printed ticket vouchers; 3) receive an indication, separate from the cash out button signal, to transfer value from the EGM via a virtual ticket voucher, receive a validation number from the validation server via the network interface, generate the virtual ticket voucher including the validation number, and issue the virtual ticket voucher by transmitting the virtual ticket voucher to the portable electronic device via the wireless interface; and 4) cancel the generated virtual ticket voucher based on a determination that the generated virtual ticket voucher was not transferred to the portable electronic device within a predetermined amount of time and issue a printed ticket voucher instead of the canceled virtual ticket voucher by instructing the printer to generate the printed ticket voucher, the printed ticket voucher including the validation number of the canceled virtual ticket voucher.