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US 11,688,238 B2Granted
System and method for exchanging gaming establishment funds for checks
AssigneeIgt
InventorsJeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
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Abstract
Systems and methods that enable a user to obtain a check in exchange for a redemption of a ticket voucher associated with an amount of funds and/or a withdrawal of an amount of funds associated with a gaming establishment account associated with the user.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor responsive to an occurrence of a ticket voucher redemption event, cause the processor to:
- identify a user associated with an anonymous ticket voucher issued by a ticket voucher system associated with a gaming establishment,
- determine, based on data received from the ticket voucher system, a first amount of funds associated with the anonymous ticket voucher,
- determine, based on the first amount of funds associated with the anonymous ticket voucher, a second amount of funds,
- issue a check to the identified user for the second amount of funds, and
- communicate data to the ticket voucher system that results in the ticket voucher system designating the anonymous ticket voucher as redeemed for a check and not thereafter redeemable.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor responsive to an occurrence of a withdrawal event, cause the processor to:
- responsive to an authorization, from a gaming establishment fund management server, of an amount of funds to withdraw from a gaming establishment account associated with an identified user:
- issue a check to the identified user for the authorized amount of funds, and
- communicate, to the gaming establishment fund management server, data associated with a reduction of a balance of the gaming establishment account associated with the identified user.
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A method of operating a system, the method comprising:
- responsive to an occurrence of a ticket voucher redemption event:
- identifying, by a processor, a user associated with an anonymous ticket voucher issued by a ticket voucher system associated with a gaming establishment,
- determining, by the processor and based on data received from the ticket voucher system, a first amount of funds associated with the anonymous ticket voucher,
- determining, by the processor and based on the first amount of funds associated with the anonymous ticket voucher, a second amount of funds,
- issuing a check to the identified user for the second amount of funds, and
- communicating data to the ticket voucher system that results in the ticket voucher system designating the anonymous ticket voucher as redeemed for a check and not thereafter redeemable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.