Patent ID: 8366542

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of operating a gaming related accounting system, the method comprising: causing by at least one computer of the gaming related accounting system a displaying of at least a portion of a graphical user interface including a plurality of user selectable icons, at least one of the user selectable icons indicative of a first wizard function, the first wizard function configured, when executed, to present a user with a sequence of dialog boxes, which lead the user through a series of steps to perform a number of tasks in sequence to provide enterprise internal reporting data comprising gaming related accounting information assembled for enterprise internal accounting audit purposes, the first wizard function being available to enterprise employees having authorized access to the gaming related accounting system, wherein the first wizard function is not available to players of games for which the first wizard function is configured to provide the enterprise internal reporting data; and in response to a selection of the user selectable icon indicative of the first wizard function, executing the first wizard function on the at least one computer of the gaming related accounting system, wherein the selection of the user selectable icon indicative of the first wizard function is not available to players of games for which the first wizard function is configured to provide the enterprise internal reporting data and wherein executing the first wizard function comprises: identifying any suspected variances in the enterprise internal reporting data comprising the gaming related accounting information; displaying indicia indicative of a set of accounting related data items associated with the enterprise internal reporting data comprising the gaming related accounting information and having identified suspected variances.