US 2006/0079315 A1 · Gaming machine and gaming system

Abstract

A gaming machine for providing a game to a player including: a bill insertion slot that allows a bill to be inserted; a card insertion slot that allows a plurality of types of information recording cards; a bill validation unit that determines a validity of the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot; a bill storage unit that stores the bill that is determined to be valid by the bill validation unit; a reader/writer that reads and writes credit information from and to the information recording card that is inserted into the card insertion slot; a card storage unit that stores the information recording card; and a controller that controls the bill validation unit and the reader/writer, and performs card processing responsive to the information recording card inserted into the card insertion slot when the player quits to play the game.

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Dependent claims

A gaming machine for providing a game to a player, the gaming machine comprising:

a bill insertion slot that allows a bill to be inserted;
a card insertion slot that allows a plurality of types of information recording cards;
a bill validation unit that determines a validity of the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot;
a bill storage unit that stores the bill that is determined to be valid by the bill validation unit;
a reader/writer that reads and writes credit information from and to the information recording card that is inserted into the card insertion slot;
a card storage unit that stores the information recording cards;
and
a controller that controls the bill validation unit and the reader/writer, and performs card processing responsive to the information recording card inserted into the card insertion slot when the player quits to play the game.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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