Patent ID: 7955177

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: a display device operable to display a game operable upon a wager; a housing supporting the display device, said housing defining an opening; a payment acceptor rotatably mounted in the housing; a payment inlet extending from the payment acceptor and through the opening of the housing when the payment acceptor is in a payment insertion position; at least one locking member affixed in the housing; a bracket slideably connected to the payment acceptor, said bracket including a first portion that engages the at least one locking member when the payment acceptor is in the payment insertion position and a second different portion that engages the at least one locking member when the payment acceptor is in a payment removal position; and a door which is separate from the bracket and connected to the payment acceptor, wherein opening the door causes a portion of the door to engage the bracket and move the bracket such that the first portion of the bracket disengages from the at least one locking member and enables the payment acceptor to be rotated to the payment removal position.