Method and system for reconciling gaming machine jackpot and hopper fill slips
AssigneeAdamar of New Jersey, Inc.
InventorsRobert L. Smith JR., Paul Jeffrey Bohrer
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Abstract
A method and system for reconciling Slips, such as Jackpot Slips and Hopper Fill Slips. The method/system includes providing several Jackpot Slips, each containing a first original portion and a second original duplicate detachable portion, and each portion having the same unique machine readable symbol so each Slip can be uniquely identified. The first and second Slip portions are scanned to read the machine readable symbols to provide an inventory of the two portions. The inventories are then compared for any discrepancies.
Claims20
A method of reconciling Gaming Machine Slips comprising:
- providing a plurality of Gaming Machine Slips, each Gaming Machine Slip comprising a first original portion and a second duplicate detachable portion, and each of the first and second portions having the same unique machine readable symbol so that each Gaming Machine Slip can be uniquely identified;
- detaching the first and second portions of the Gaming Machine Slips;
- collecting the detached first and second portions via separate collection paths;
- separately scanning the collected first and second portions in order to read the machine readable symbols thereon to provide an inventory of the first and second portions of each Gaming Machine Slip;
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- comparing the inventories of the first and second Slip portions for any discrepancies there between.
A Gaming Machine Slip, comprising:
- a first portion and a second duplicate detachable portion, each of the first and second portions having printed thereon identifying information about the Gaming Machine, and each of the first and second portions having printed thereon the same unique machine readable symbol so that the two portions of the Gaming Machine Slip can be uniquely matched after the two portions are detached and separated from one another.
A system for reconciling Gaming Machine Slips, comprising
- a plurality of Gaming Machine Slips, each Gaming Machine Slip comprising a first original portion and a second duplicate detachable portion, and each of the first and second portions having a same unique machine readable symbol so that each Gaming Machine Slip can be uniquely identified;
- a machine readable scanner for separately scanning the first and second portions of the plurality of Gaming Machine Slips in order to read the machine readable symbols thereon to provide an inventory of first and second portions of the Gaming Machine Slips;
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- a software module for comparing the inventories of the first and second Gaming Machine Slips for any discrepancies.
A system for providing Gaming Machine Slips, comprising:
- a plurality of Gaming Machines;
- a computer, connected in communication with said plurality of Gaming Machines;
- a printer for printing a Gaming Machine Slip in response to a print command from said computer, said computer sending the print command when said computer determines that a Gaming Machine Slip should be printed for at least one of said Gaming Machines;
- said Gaming Machine Slip comprising a first original portion and a second duplicate detachable portion, and each of the first and second portions having the same unique machine readable symbol so that the Gaming Machine Slip can be uniquely identified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.