Patent ID: 8140434

Claim:
A method for making funds available for gaming, the method comprising: reading customer information from a card at a terminal; allowing the customer to select a quasi-cash transaction at the terminal and generating an order authorizing the quasi-cash transaction when the customer selects the quasi-cash transaction; retrieving the order and information verifying an identity of the customer at a station; and displaying an option to the customer when the identity of the customer is verified, on a display included at the station that allows the customer to select, at the customer's option, after the identity of the customer is verified, (1) an electronic endorsement from the customer and placement of the electronic endorsement in an electronic image or (2) a printout of a hard copy of a check for endorsement by the customer, wherein the display includes a customer input device and the customer input device asks the customer to select (1) or (2) and receives the customer's selection of (1) or (2) as input, wherein if the customer chooses the hard copy, the station is configured to issue an instruction to a printer to print the hard copy, and wherein if the customer chooses the electronic endorsement, the display is configured to ask the customer if the transaction is acceptable and to initial the display with a stylus such that after the customer makes the electronic endorsement the station is configured to insert the endorsement on the display into the electronic image, and the station is configured to transfer the electronic image to an image repository.