Gaming system and method for placing and redeeming sports bets
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1. A gaming system comprising:
- at least one display device;
at least one input device;
a sports bet ticket acceptor;
a payment acceptor;
at least one processor; and
at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;
responsive to a physical item being received via the payment acceptor, establish a first credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item, wherein the physical item is selected from the group consisting of;
a ticket associated with the monetary value and a unit of currency,responsive to a determination that an amount of the first credit balance is at least a minimum wager amount, enable a placement of a wager,responsive to a wager amount being placed in association with a play of a game;
deduct the placed wager amount from the amount of the first credit balance,determine a game outcome for the play of the game,cause the at least one display device to display the determined game outcome,determine any award amount associated with the determined game outcome, andcause the at least one display device to display any determined award amount associated with the determined game outcome, wherein the amount of the first credit balance is increasable based on any determined award amount associated with the determined game outcome, andresponsive to a sports bet ticket associated with a sports bet placed at a separate gaming establishment sports book and obtained from the separate gaming establishment sports book in association with data communicated to a gaming establishment sports book server being a winning sports bet ticket and being received, via the sports bet ticket acceptor;
establish a second credit balance based, at least in part, on a value associated with the received winning sports bet ticket, andcause data associated with an invalidation of the received winning sports bet ticket to be communicated to the gaming establishment sports book server, said invalidated winning sports bet ticket not thereafter being redeemable at the gaming establishment sports book.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for placing one or more sports bets at an electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) and for redeeming any winnings for one or more placed sports bet at an EGM.
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1. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one display device; at least one input device; a sports bet ticket acceptor; a payment acceptor; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to; responsive to a physical item being received via the payment acceptor, establish a first credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item, wherein the physical item is selected from the group consisting of;
a ticket associated with the monetary value and a unit of currency,responsive to a determination that an amount of the first credit balance is at least a minimum wager amount, enable a placement of a wager, responsive to a wager amount being placed in association with a play of a game; deduct the placed wager amount from the amount of the first credit balance, determine a game outcome for the play of the game, cause the at least one display device to display the determined game outcome, determine any award amount associated with the determined game outcome, and cause the at least one display device to display any determined award amount associated with the determined game outcome, wherein the amount of the first credit balance is increasable based on any determined award amount associated with the determined game outcome, and responsive to a sports bet ticket associated with a sports bet placed at a separate gaming establishment sports book and obtained from the separate gaming establishment sports book in association with data communicated to a gaming establishment sports book server being a winning sports bet ticket and being received, via the sports bet ticket acceptor; establish a second credit balance based, at least in part, on a value associated with the received winning sports bet ticket, and cause data associated with an invalidation of the received winning sports bet ticket to be communicated to the gaming establishment sports book server, said invalidated winning sports bet ticket not thereafter being redeemable at the gaming establishment sports book. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
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responsive to a physical item being received via a payment acceptor, establishing a first credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item, said physical item being selected from the group consisting of;
a cash-in ticket associated with the monetary value and a unit of currency,responsive to a determination that an amount of the first credit balance is at least a minimum wager amount, enabling a placement of a wager, responsive to a wager amount being placed in association with a play of a game; deduct the placed wager amount from the amount of the first credit balance, determining, by at least one processor, a game outcome for the play of the game, causing a display, by at least one display device, of the determined game outcome, determining, by the at least one processor, any award amount associated with the determined game outcome, and causing a display, by the at least one display device, of any determined award amount associated with the determined game outcome, wherein the amount of the first credit balance is increasable based on any determined award amount associated with the determined game outcome, and responsive to a sports bet ticket associated with a sports bet placed at a separate gaming establishment sports book and obtained from the separate gaming establishment sports book in association with data communicated to a gaming establishment snorts book server being a winning sports bet ticket and being received, via a sports bet ticket acceptor; establishing a second credit balance based, at least in part, on a value associated with the received winning sports bet ticket, and causing data associated with an invalidation of the received winning sports bet ticket to be communicated, by the at least one processor, to the gaming establishment sports book server, said invalidated winning sports bet ticket not thereafter being redeemable at the gaming establishment sports book. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A gaming system server comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to; receive data associated with a wager placed in association with a play of a game, wherein the placed wager is deducted from a first credit balance, for the play of the game; determine a game outcome, cause a display, by at least one display device, of the determined game outcome, determine any award associated with the determined game outcome, and cause a display, by the at least one display device, of any determined award associated with the determined game outcome, and responsive to receiving data associated with a sports bet ticket associated with a sports bet placed at a separate gaming establishment sports book and obtained from the separate gaming establishment sports book in association with data communicated to a gaming establishment sports book server being a winning sports bet ticket and being received, via a sports bet ticket acceptor; establish a second credit balance based, at least in part, on a value associated with the received winning sports bet ticket, and cause data associated with an invalidation of the received winning sports bet ticket to be communicated to the gaming establishment sports book server, said invalidated winning sports bet ticket not thereafter being redeemable at the gaming establishment sports book. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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