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US 12,592,123 B2Granted
Accessing gaming establishment account funds with a ticket voucher based on multiple cashout inputs
AssigneeIgt
InventorsErik Petersen, Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
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Abstract
Systems and methods that employ a ticket voucher to access funds maintained in a gaming establishment account based on multiple cashout inputs received and bypassing an automatic transfer of an amount of funds to the gaming establishment account.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor responsive to a first cashout input being received by an input device of an electronic gaming machine that causes an automatic transfer of a first amount of funds of a credit meter of the electronic gaming machine to a gaming establishment account associated with a user, cause the processor to:
- communicate data that results in a display of a second amount of funds available, and
- responsive to an input to obtain a ticket voucher associated with a third amount of funds and a transfer of the third amount of funds from the gaming establishment account associated with the user to the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine:
- cause a first modification of the electronic gaming machine to disable an automatic transfer on cashout feature of the electronic gaming machine, and
- following the electronic gaming machine issuing the ticket voucher associated with the third amount of funds responsive to a second cashout input being received by the input device of the electronic gaming machine when the automatic transfer on cashout feature of the electronic gaming machine is disabled, cause a second modification of the electronic gaming machine to enable the automatic transfer on cashout feature of the electronic gaming machine.
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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, cause the processor to:
- responsive to a first cashout input received by an input device of an electronic gaming machine, cause an automatic transfer of a first amount of funds of a credit meter of an electronic gaming machine to a gaming establishment account associated with a user,
- responsive to an input to obtain a ticket voucher associated with a second amount of funds being received, cause the second amount of funds to be transferred from the gaming establishment account associated with the user to the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine, and
- responsive to a second cashout input received by the input device of the electronic gaming machine, bypass any automatic transfer of the second amount of funds transferred to the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine back to the gaming establishment account associated with the user and cause an issuance of the ticket voucher associated with the second amount of funds.
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A method of operating a system, the method comprising:
- responsive to a first cashout input being received by an input device of an electronic gaming machine that causes an automatic transfer of a first amount of funds of a credit meter of the electronic gaming machine to a gaming establishment account associated with a user:
- causing a display, by a display device, of a second amount of funds available, and
- responsive to an input to obtain a ticket voucher associated with a third amount of funds and a transfer of the third amount of funds from the gaming establishment account associated with the user to the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine:
- causing, by a processor, a first modification of the electronic gaming machine to disable an automatic transfer on cashout feature of the electronic gaming machine, and
- following the electronic gaming machine issuing the ticket voucher associated with the third amount of funds responsive to a second cashout input being received by the input device of the electronic gaming machine when the automatic transfer on cashout feature of the electronic gaming machine is disabled, causing, by the processor, a second modification of the electronic gaming machine to enable the automatic transfer on cashout feature of the electronic gaming machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.