System and method for direct charitable contributions from gaming apparatus

An electronic wagering system comprising a player input system with player input controls, a game processor, a credit system selected from the group consisting of a bill validator and a cashless ticketing system including a ticket printer and a random outcome wagering event system in communication with the game processor, the electronic wagering system receiving wagers on a wagering event, generating a random outcome event that is used to determine outcomes on received wagers, the game processor accounting for wagers placed from credit derived from the credit system, credits entered, wagers lost and wagers won and credit status, the player input system containing a specific player input control that enables a player to input instructions on each of recipients of a charitable contribution to at least one specific non-gaming institution, a fixed amount or a percentage amount of winning outcomes before being contributed to the credit status, wherein the game processor is configured to receive identification of an individual player through the player input system and to provide a hard-copy receipt of a total amount of contributions from the player input system, and wherein the cashless ticketing system of the electronic wagering system and includes a ticket-in-ticket-out printing system in communication with the game processor and from which the hard-copy receipt may be printed through the ticket-in-ticket-out printing system, and the game processor is further configured to store amounts of the charitable contributions in an intermediate accounting system, and further configured so that later loses are offset by a return of a portion up to 50% of the charitable contributions back to a player credit account on the game processor, and wherein a fingerprint scanner is associated with the electronic wagering system to implement player identification and also a player card reader is associated with the electronic wagering system to implement player identification, wherein the game processor is configured to require confirmation by both fingerprint identification from the fingerprint scanner and reading of a player card of the player.