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US 2023/0067075 A1Published application
Settling outstanding debt responsive to gaming event
AssigneeIgt
InventorsJeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
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Abstract
A system that operates to monitor for a debt settlement event and, responsive to an occurrence of such an event, cause an alert to be provided to gaming establishment personnel to pay off part or all of an amount of debt owed.
Claims20
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 handpay lockup event associated with an electronic gaming machine:
- determine an amount of an outstanding gaming establishment debt of an identified player at the electronic gaming machine, and
- communicate data that results in a display, by a display device, of an indicator associated with the outstanding gaming establishment debt of the identified player at the electronic gaming machine.
3 more elements
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 receipt, from a gaming establishment floor management system, of data associated with a handpay lockup event occurring at an electronic gaming machine and responsive to receipt, from a credit system, of data associated with an amount of an outstanding line of credit liability of an identified player at the electronic gaming machine, communicate data that results in a display, by a display device, of a first task comprising information associated with the electronic gaming machine at which the handpay lockup event occurred and an indicator associated with the outstanding line of credit liability of the identified player at the electronic gaming machine;
- and
- responsive to receipt, from the gaming establishment floor management system, of data associated with the handpay lockup event occurring at the electronic gaming machine and responsive to receipt, from the credit system, of data associated with no outstanding line of credit liability of the identified player at the electronic gaming machine, communicate data that results in a display, by the display device, of a second task comprising information associated with the electronic gaming machine at which the handpay lockup event occurred.
3 more elements
A method of operating a system, the method comprising:
- responsive to a handpay lockup event associated with an electronic gaming machine:
- determining, by a processor, an amount of an outstanding gaming establishment debt of an identified player at the electronic gaming machine, and
- displaying, by a display device, an indicator associated with the outstanding gaming establishment debt of the identified player at the electronic gaming machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.