Patent ID: 8105155

Claim:
A method for tracking player's buy-in activity and enforcing player loss limits within a casino using a loss limit system, the activity and loss limits based on scheduled time sessions, the method comprising: providing a gaming device, wherein the gaming device includes a display screen, a player identification device, a monetary input device, and a user interface; identifying a player at the gaming device using the player identification device, wherein the loss limit system checks to confirm that the identified player is enrolled in the loss limit system, and if the player is not enrolled, a popup error message is presented and the player is prevented from playing the gaming device; receiving a loss limit amount and an associated time session; computing an amount of currency that is available for the identified player to spend, wherein if the amount of currency that is available for the identified player to spend is less than a smallest bill denomination accepted by the monetary input device, sending a message instructing the monetary input device that no currency may be accepted, and wherein if the amount of currency that is available for the identified player to spend is greater than a smallest bill denomination accepted by the monetary input device, sending a message instructing the monetary input device what currency may be accepted; accepting allowable monetary funds via the monetary input device for game play at the gaming device; re-computing an amount of currency that is available for the identified player to spend each time additional currency is accepted from the monetary input device, and only enabling currency denominations that will not allow the identified player to exceed a current player loss limit; and disabling the monetary input device for specific monetary denominations if the monetary funds attempted to be input into the monetary input device exceed the available funds amount, while enabling the monetary input device for specific monetary denominations within the available funds amount.