Patent ID: 7654450

Claim:
A method including operation of an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine includes: a housing; a card reader in operatively supported connection with the housing; a display in operatively supported connection with the housing; a currency bill dispenser in operatively supported connection with the housing; a code reader in operatively supported connection with the housing; at least one processor and at least one data store within the housing, wherein the at least one processor is in operative connection with the at least one data store, the code reader, the currency bill dispenser, the card reader and the display; at least one communications device in operative connection with the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is operative to cause the banking machine to communicate through the at least one communications device in at least one banking network and in at least one accrued value processing network; wherein the method comprises: (a) reading through operation of the code reader, at least one code on an article produced by at least one gaming establishment gaming machine, wherein the at least one gaming machine is in operative connection with the at least one accrued value processing network; (b) operating the automated banking machine to communicate in the accrued value processing network, wherein the communication includes communicating data corresponding to the code read in (a); (c) responsive to the communication of the automated banking machine in the accrued value processing network in (b), operating the automated banking machine to cause the currency bill dispenser to dispense at least one currency bill from the machine.