Patent ID: 7841521

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an image-capturing device configured for making an electronic representation of at least a portion of a payment document; an evaluator configured to do the following: sort currency and non-currency payment documents; route at least the non-currency payment documents to the image capturing device, wherein at least one of the image-capturing device and the evaluator is configured to cause an electronic representation of a non-currency payment document to be transmitted to a host device; route currency payment documents to a secure receptacle; receive validation information from the host device; and determine, according to the validation information from the host device, whether the non-currency payment document is valid; and a voider configured for voiding non-currency payment documents by physical destruction, heating, overprinting, or illumination; wherein the evaluator is further configured for transmitting, to a wager gaming machine, an authorization of a specific monetary amount that may be used for gaming on the wager gaming machine.