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US 2025/0029444 A1Published application
Exchanging cashable credits for non-cashable credits
AssigneeIgt
InventorsDwayne Nelson, Kevin Higgins
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Abstract
Systems and methods that utilize a host system to convert cashable credits to non-cashable credits independent of an electronic gaming machine.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- for a first play of a game, cause a determination of a first award of an amount of non-cashable credits, and
- prior to enabling a second play of the game, following a communication of data associated with the amount of non-cashable credits to a server, and responsive to a receipt, from the server, of data associated with an amount of cashable credits corresponding to the amount of non-cashable credits, cause a display, by a display device, of a second award of the amount of cashable credits.
2 more elements
A device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- for a first play of a game, cause a determination of a first award of an amount of cashable credits, and
- prior to enabling a second play of the game, following a communication of data associated with the amount of cashable credits to a server, and responsive to a receipt, from the server, of data associated with an amount of non-cashable credits corresponding to the amount of cashable credits, cause a display, by a display device, of a second award of the amount of non-cashable credits.
2 more elements
A method of operating a device, the method comprising:
- for a first play of a game, causing, by a processor, a determination of a first award of an amount of non-cashable credits, and
- prior to enabling a second play of the game, following a communication of data associated with the amount of non-cashable credits to a server, and responsive to a receipt, from the server, of data associated with an amount of cashable credits corresponding to the amount of non-cashable credits, causing a display, by a display device, of a second award of the amount of cashable credits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.