Electronic voucher ticket system

A method of operating a bill validator integrated into one of a gaming machine and an automated teller machine (ATM) for producing a pending financial credit value variable in accordance with a deal in the gaming machine or automated teller machine (ATM), wherein the bill validator is adapted to validate both paper bills and a paper voucher ticket, the method comprising steps of:

• receiving by the bill validator one of a value of electronic money and identification information associated with an electronic voucher ticket including account information associated with an electronic money account in an electronic money handling;
• sending from the bill validator the received value of the electronic money or the identification information of the electronic voucher ticket to an upper control section of the one of the gaming machine and the automated teller machine (ATM);
• directing a customer to establish a dispensing mode for cashing to a customer, wherein the customer cash-dispensing mode is selected from a paper voucher ticket mode and an electronic voucher ticket generation mode, wherein the paper voucher ticket mode directs a paper voucher ticket output representative of the pending financial credit value, wherein the electronic voucher ticket generation mode directs a generation of the electronic voucher ticket with an associated financial value to an electronic money account database;
• monitoring by a monitor controller the pending financial credit value of the gaming machine or automated teller machine (ATM);
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• detecting when the pending financial credit value equals zero to change the dispensing mode for cashing to the customer to the paper voucher ticket mode to dispense the paper voucher ticket that indicates zero of the credit value.