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US 2025/0054089 A1Published application
Anonymous procurement of ticket vouchers
AssigneeIgt
InventorsJeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
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Abstract
Systems and methods that operate to enable a user to obtain a ticket voucher with funds from an account external to a gaming establishment while an identity of the user remains anonymous to the gaming establishment.
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:
- interface with a server of a financial institution to communicate data associated with an amount of funds to purchase an anonymous ticket voucher, and
- responsive to a completion of a transfer of the amount of funds from a financial account associated with a user and maintained independent of any gaming establishment:
- interface with a gaming establishment ticket voucher system to cause, based on the amount of funds, a modification of an account associated with the gaming establishment ticket voucher system, and
- interface with the gaming establishment ticket voucher system to cause a creation of the anonymous ticket voucher associated with the amount of funds, wherein the created anonymous ticket voucher is redeemable at at least an electronic gaming machine to increase, based on the amount of funds, a credit balance of the electronic gaming machine to enable a wager of at least a portion of the amount of funds.
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A ticket voucher system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, from a server of a gaming establishment fund management system, data associated with an amount of funds transferred from a financial account maintained independent of any gaming establishment, and
- following a modification of an account associated with the ticket voucher system based on the amount of funds transferred from the financial account, create an anonymous ticket voucher associated with the amount of funds and redeemable at at least an electronic gaming machine operable to enable a wager of at least a portion of the associated value, wherein the anonymous ticket voucher is created independent of identifying any user to any gaming establishment patron management system.
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A method of operating a device, the method comprising:
- communicating, to a server of a financial institution, data associated with an amount of funds to purchase an anonymous ticket voucher, and
- responsive to a completion of a transfer of the amount of funds from a financial account associated with a user and maintained independent of any gaming establishment:
- causing, by a processor and based on the amount of funds, a modification of an account associated with a gaming establishment ticket voucher system, and
- causing, by the gaming establishment ticket voucher system, a creation of the anonymous ticket voucher associated with the amount of funds, wherein the created anonymous ticket voucher is redeemable at at least an electronic gaming machine to increase, based on the amount of funds, a credit balance of the electronic gaming machine to enable a wager of at least a portion of the amount of funds.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.