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US 8,282,467 B2Granted
Ticket for credits for gaming console
AssigneeNovomatic AG
InventorsMartin Visocnik, Stuart Wills
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Abstract
An innovative approach is provided to cashless gaming providing extra security already offered by a gaming console. On a player withdrawing stored credits on a first gaming console, the value of credits are stored in a non-playable account on the first gaming console, while dispensing a ticket with information on the ticket linking the ticket to the non-playable credit account and the stored credit amount. A player may then insert or scan the ticket into a second gaming console which, using information on the ticket, queries the first gaming console to transfer the stored non-playable credits to the second gaming console for the player to continue using the credits.
Claims8
A gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming consoles (72,74), wherein
- a first gaming console (72) is provided with a credit meter (15) for playable credits, a storage memory for non-playable credits, transfer means for transferring at least a portion of said playable credits to said storage memory storing said transferred credits as non-playable credits, and a ticket dispenser (30) for dispensing a ticket (39) containing information linking said ticket (39) to non-playable credits stored in said memory,
- a second gaming console (74) is provided with a credit meter (15) for playable credits, a ticket reader for reading said ticket (39) dispensed by said first gaming console (72) and transfer means for transferring non-playable credits stored in the storage memory of the first gaming console (72) to the credit meter (15) of the second gaming console (74) in accordance with the information on the ticket (39) read by the ticket reader of the second gaming console (74),
- said ticket dispenser (30) is adapted to dispense, when in a trigger condition, the ticket (39) with gaming console identification means for identifying the gaming console (72) dispensing the ticket (39),
- the gaming console (74) reading the ticket (39) with the ticket reader thereof includes means for identifying the gaming console (72) having printed the ticket (39) based upon said gaming console identification means of the ticket (39) and queries only the identified gaming console (72) as to validity of the ticket (39).
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A gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming consoles (72,74), wherein
- a first gaming console (72) is provided with a credit meter (15) for playable credits, a storage memory for non-playable credits, transfer means for transferring at least a portion of said playable credits to said storage memory storing said transferred credits as non-playable credits, and a ticket dispenser (30) for dispensing a ticket (39) containing information linking said ticket (39) to non-playable credits stored in said storage memory,
- a second gaming console (74) is provided with a credit meter (15) for playable credits, a ticket reader for reading said ticket (39) dispensed by said first gaming console (72) and transfer means for transferring non-playable credits stored in the storage memory of the first gaming console (72) to the credit meter (15) of the second gaming console (74) in accordance with the information on the ticket read by the ticket reader of the second gaming console (74),
- a server (70) linked to the plurality of gaming consoles (72, 74) forms a secondary backup means storing the non-playable credits stored in the gaming consoles (72, 74),
- said ticket dispenser (30) is configured to dispense, when in a trigger condition, a ticket (39) with gaming console identification means for identifying the gaming console dispensing the ticket (39),
- the second gaming console is configured to read the ticket (39) with said ticket reader including means for identifying the first gaming console (72) having printed the ticket (39) based upon said gaming console identification means on the ticket (39),
- said second gaming console, in a first step, queries only the identified gaming console (72) on validity of the ticket (39),
- in a second step, when a signal in response to said query is not returned by the identified gaming console (72), said server (70) forming said secondary backup means temporarily honors value of the stored ticket (39) as long as the identified gaming console (72) is inactive,
- when the previously-identified gaming console (72) becomes active again, the server (70) simultaneously updates the identified gaming console non-playable accounts for any used ticket (39), and
- means are provided for giving a warning signal upon identification of a discrepancy between information on the server (70) and identified gaming console (72).
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