Patent ID: 7016876

Claim:
A method for cashing a check presented by an individual at a gambling establishment, the method comprising: providing a host computer containing an exclusion list database, wherein the exclusion list database stores a list of individuals to be excluded from the gambling establishment and checking account magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) numbers respectively associated with the individuals of the list of individuals; receiving at a point of sale device of the gambling establishment a check presented by an individual for cashing; scanning at the point of sale device of the gambling establishment checking account MICR information of the check presented by the individual; identifying a checking account MICR number associated with the individual presenting the check based on the scanned checking account MICR information of the presented check; transmitting from the point of sale device the identified checking account MICR number associated with the individual presenting the check to the host computer; comparing the identified checking account MICR number associated with the individual presenting the check with the checking account MICR numbers stored in the exclusion list database to determine whether the individual presenting the check is an individual to be excluded from the gambling establishment, wherein the individual presenting the check is determined to be an individual to be excluded from the gambling establishment if the identified checking account MICR number associated with the individual presenting the check matches a checking account MICR number stored in the exclusion list database; preventing the presented check from being cashed at the point of sale device of the gambling establishment if it is determined that the individual presenting the check is an individual to be excluded from the gambling establishment; and cashing the presented check at the point of sale device of the gambling establishment if it is determined that the individual presenting the check is not an individual to be excluded from the gambling establishment.