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US 11,900,766 B2Granted
Selective redemption of gaming establishment ticket vouchers
AssigneeIgt
InventorsJeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
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Abstract
Systems and methods that associate zero, one or more redemption attributes with a ticket voucher, wherein the associated redemption attribute determines one or more channels by which the ticket voucher may be redeemed.
Claims16
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- responsive to an occurrence of a ticket voucher request, determine, based on data received from a gaming establishment device, if any activity associated with the ticket voucher request comprises a potential money laundering activity,
- responsive to the determination being that an activity associated with the ticket voucher request comprises the potential money laundering activity and responsive to a determination to approve the ticket voucher request, cause a ticket voucher associated with an amount of funds to be issued, wherein the issued ticket voucher includes a displayed redemption limitation notification and the issued ticket voucher is associated with a restricted redemption attribute, and
- responsive to the determination being that the activity associated with the ticket voucher request comprises the potential money laundering activity and responsive to a determination not to approve the ticket voucher request, communicate data that results in a display device of the gaming establishment device displaying a denial of the ticket voucher request.
3 more elements
A method of operating a system, the method comprising:
- responsive to an occurrence of a ticket voucher request, determining, by a processor and based on data received from a gaming establishment device, if any activity associated with the ticket voucher request comprises a potential money laundering activity,
- responsive to the determination being that an activity associated with the ticket voucher request comprises the potential money laundering activity and responsive to a determination to approve the ticket voucher, causing, by the processor, a ticket voucher associated with an amount of funds to be issued, wherein the issued ticket voucher includes a displayed redemption limitation notification and the issued ticket voucher is associated with a restricted redemption attribute, and
- responsive to the determination being that the activity associated with the ticket voucher request comprises the potential money laundering activity and responsive to a determination not to approve the ticket voucher request, communicating data that results in a display device of the gaming establishment device displaying a denial of the ticket voucher request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.