Patent ID: 7077747

Claim:
A gaming system for use with games of chance, the gaming system comprising: a communication network, said communication network being enabled to facilitate communication between devices in communication with said network; an exchange terminal in communication with said communication network, said exchange terminal including a voucher printer configured to issue a voucher, said voucher including indicia corresponding to a transaction identification, said transaction identification generated by said exchange terminal where said exchange terminal is further configured to send said transaction identification and at least an associated value to a server in operable communication with said communication network; a plurality of player terminals in communication with said communication network, each player terminal comprising a voucher reader configured to read indicia on said voucher, a game interface configurable to allow a player to play at least one game whose outcome is determined at least partially by chance, and where each player terminal is further configured to extract a transaction identification from said indicia read from said voucher, and to receive a value associated with said transaction identifier from said server; and a database operably disposed on said server, said database configured to store transaction identifiers and their associated values in a manner such that a transaction identifier is usable to retrieve its associated value.