Enhanced bezel for currency acceptor

A method of displaying status and activity information of a bill acceptor comprising:

• providing a validator having a processor for accumulating status and activity information;
• providing a bezel having a runway surface on which said bills are placed for insertion into said bill acceptor, said runway including a plurality of display indicators, where at least one of said display indicators is at least one of a text indicator and a graphical symbol indicator;
• and
• connecting said processor to said plurality of display indicators to control said display indicators and display information received from said validator.

A method of displaying status and activity information of a gaming machine on an enhanced bezel comprising:

• providing a validator processor in said gaming machine for accumulating said status and activity information;
• mounting an enhanced bezel on said validator, said enhanced bezel including a runway surface on which bills are placed for insertion into said validator;
• providing multiple display indicators on said runway surface of said enhanced bezel, where at least a portion of said display indicators is denomination of bills;
• accepting bills through an opening positioned at a back end of said runway surface of said enhanced bezel;
• and
• causing said validator processor to control said display indicators for displaying said information.

A bezel for a bill acceptor having an opening for inserting a bill, said bezel comprising:

• a runway surface onto which bills are placed for insertion into said bill acceptor;
• a display surface having a plurality of visual display indicators on said runway surface, where at least one of said display indicators is at least one of a text indicator and a graphical symbol indicator;
• and
• a processor to monitor the status and activity of said validator, said processor being connected to and controlling said display indicators of said bezel.