Patent ID: 8597106

Claim:
A gaming system, comprising: a gaming device containing a game to be played by a user; a value tracker structured to track an amount of monetary value accepted into the gaming device, and to track an amount of monetary value output from the gaming device; and a warning generating system coupled to the value tracker configured to generate a warning signal based on a comparison of the monetary value accepted into the gaming device and the monetary value output from the gaming device for predetermined time periods of different durations wherein each time period has an associated warning threshold wherein the warning threshold is a function of the duration of the time period with which it is associated, wherein the warning generating system includes a jackpot accounting system configured to determine jackpot payouts by tracking individual amounts of monetary value output from the gaming device that are for a jackpot amount, wherein the warning generating system is configured to exclude the jackpot payouts determined by the jackpot accounting system to thereby prevent an unwarranted payout warning signal, and wherein a warning signal is generated when the comparison indicates that a warning threshold for a time period is exceeded.