Games machine with electronic payment mechanism

A secured token for a games machine, the secured token comprising:

• an outer metal ring, said outer metal ring defining an outer circumferential surface of said secured token, said outer circumferential surface substantially always generating a metallic sound when said outer circumferential surface strikingly engages a metal object;
• first and second plastic side plates, said first and second side plates being disposed on either side of said outer metal ring;
• an integrated circuit, said integrated circuit having a characteristic information element stored therein, and said integrated circuit being disposed between said first and second plastic side plates;
• and
• an antenna, said antenna being electrically coupled to said integrated circuit.

A secured token for a games machine, the secured token comprising:

• a token body including
• means for generating a metallic sound when said secured token strikes a metal object, said sound generating means comprising a metal ring which defines an outer circumferential surface of said secured token, and
• first and second plastic side plates, said first and second side plates being concentric with said metal ring and being disposed on either side of said metal ring, one of said first and second plastic side plates having a cavity formed therein;
• and
• means for communicating with a contact-free token reader, said means for communicating further comprising
• an integrated circuit, said integrated circuit having a characteristic information element stored therein which identifies a value of said secured token, said integrated circuit being disposed between said first and second plastic side plates, said integrated circuit being disposed in said cavity formed in said one of said first and second side plates, and
• an antenna, said antenna being electrically coupled to said integrated circuit, said antenna defining means for receiving power from a modulated magnetic field, and for transmitting a modulated magnetic field as a function of said characteristic information element stored in said integrated circuit.