Patent ID: 8221240

Claim:
A gaming apparatus, comprising: a display unit that is capable of generating video images; an input device; a controller operatively coupled to said display unit and said input device, said controller comprising a processor and a memory operatively coupled to said processor, said controller being programmed to allow a player to insert an object into the input device wherein the object is selected from the group of objects consisting of a preformatted bet slip, an unformatted bet slip, a preformatted keno form, a drivers license, a credit card and a casino membership benefit card; said controller being programmed to cause the input device to scan an image of the object; said controller being programmed to save the scan of the object to a memory; said controller being programmed to execute an optical character recognition routine on the scan of the object wherein the controller stores characters recognized by the optical character routine in a memory; said controller being programmed to display the scan of the object; said controller being programmed to determine if the scan of the object is recognized as matching a known scan by comparing the scan of the object to known scans selected from a database of known authorized state drivers license images a database of known authorized credit cards, and digital scans of acceptable authorized known preformatted and unformatted forms; said controller being programmed to communicate to the player that the object is not recognized if the scan of the object is not recognized and to allow the player to re-insert said object or to insert a different object into the input device for recognition by for scanning; said controller being programmed to allow the player to approve the scan for clarity, completeness or accuracy of the object if the scan of the object is recognized; and said controller being programmed to allow the player to modify the scan of the object for clarity, completeness or accuracy if the scan of the object is recognized; and said controller being programmed to store the scan of the object as approved by the player as an approved scan in a memory if the player approves the scan of the object.