Patent ID: 7909699

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: an interface capable of reading paper currency and (i) receiving a gaming machine configuration device in the form of a printed paper ticket that is manually fed into the interface by a person, (ii) reading configuration indicia printed or marked on the configuration device, the configuration indicia for configuring the gaming machine or a game of chance on the gaming machine, the configuration indicia printed on the paper ticket in the form of one or more selection regions each corresponding to a different configurable setting for one or more game parameters that can be configured or reconfigured, at least one of the selection regions printed or marked to indicate a selection of the one or more configurable settings to be configured or reconfigured, and (iii) outputting, solely based on the one or more selection regions, a signal corresponding to the printed or marked selection regions of the configuration indicia on the paper ticket, wherein each of the printed or marked selection regions read by said interface is described by text; and (iv) ejecting the configuration device from the interface after one or more of the game parameters have changed; a memory storing settings providing states for one or more game parameters of the gaming machine or the game of chance on the gaming machine, the game parameters controlling operation of the gaming machine or operation of the game of chance on the gaming machine; and a processor designed or configured to receive the signal from the interface, and in response to the signal, configure or reconfigure one or more of the game parameters in the memory according to one or more of the settings as indicated by the printed or marked selection regions of the configuration indicia on the paper ticket, thereby configuring or reconfiguring the one or more game parameters based on the printed or marked configuration indicia on said paper ticket wherein the one or more of the game parameters include a customer selectable preference, a game mode of operation, a sound level for a game activity, a maximum bet amount, a pay table, or a tilt response.