Patent ID: 8419532

Claim:
A gaming environment promotional system, comprising: a central data processing unit that is a Promotional Coupon System (PCS); and at least one gaming machine installed Gaming Voucher Printer (GVP), the GVP coupled through a primary communication port to a controller of a respective gaming machine into which the GVP is installed, with each GVP further coupled to the PCS through a second auxiliary port, wherein the GVP receives signaling for cash-out vouchers through the primary communication port and signaling for coupons through the second auxiliary port, wherein the GVP is coupled to the PCS by a promotional network dedicated to the PCS to GVP connection, the network coupling a plurality of GVPs to the PCS, and the GVP is individually signaled by the PCS by using a unique address, and wherein the GVP stores an identification of the gaming machine into which the GVP is installed into a memory coupled to a processor of the GVP.