Patent ID: 8246450

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: a master gaming controller including a microprocessor, a communication interface, and a program memory containing gaming program data, wherein the microprocessor, the communication interface, and the program memory are operably connected and configured to: (a) provide for game play of a game on the gaming machine in accordance with inputs of a player, (b) determine a location where the game play on the gaming machine is occurring, (c) determine one or more jurisdictions corresponding to the location, (d) establish a predetermined amount associated with tax regulations for at least one of the one or more jurisdictions determined to correspond to the determined location where the game play is occurring, the predetermined amount indicating that payout of an award exceeding the predetermined amount is required to be documented pursuant to the tax regulations of the at least one of the one or more jurisdictions, (e) monitor the game play for an amount of a won award, (f) determine if the amount of the won award exceeds the predetermined amount, (g) provide payouts of won awards resulting from the game play via either a first payout procedure or a second payout procedure, wherein the second payout procedure includes documenting the payout of an award pursuant to the tax regulations of the at least one of the one or more jurisdictions with minimal interruption of a gaming session, and (h) implement the second payout procedure when the amount of the won award is determined to exceed the predetermined amount.