Cashless bonusing for gaming machines
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1. A method of providing a primary game and a bonus game on a gaming machine, the method comprising:
- executing at least part of a play of the primary game on the gaming machine;
determining that a bonus award should be issued in response to an event of the primary game; and
issuing a cashless indicator of the bonus award from the gaming machine.
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Abstract
A cashless technology involves issuance of bonus awards to players. The bonus awards themselves are cash, service, merchandise, etc. But the game issues these awards in the form of a cashless instrument representing the award. The cashless instrument may be issued under various circumstances and in various forms such as pre-printed tickets, peelable tickets, updated information on a player card, updated information in a database, etc.
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1. A method of providing a primary game and a bonus game on a gaming machine, the method comprising:
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executing at least part of a play of the primary game on the gaming machine;
determining that a bonus award should be issued in response to an event of the primary game; and
issuing a cashless indicator of the bonus award from the gaming machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of providing a bonus game and a primary game on a gaming machine, the method comprising:
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executing a play of the primary game on the gaming machine;
issuing a primary award for a winning outcome of the play of the primary game; and
issuing a cashless indicator of a bonus award with the primary award. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A gaming machine for playing a primary game and a bonus game, the gaming machine comprising:
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a dispenser for issuing cashless indicia of game awards;
primary game logic for determining an outcome of the primary game and for presenting a presentation of the primary game; and
bonus game logic for instructing the dispenser to issue cashless indicia of bonus awards in response to a determination that a bonus event has occurred in response to an event in the primary game. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system allowing the play of a primary game and a bonus game, the system comprising:
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a gaming machine comprising;
(i) a dispenser for issuing cashless indicia of game awards;
(ii) primary game logic for determining an outcome of the primary game and for presenting a presentation of the primary game; and
(iii) bonus game logic for instructing the dispenser to issue cashless indicia of bonus awards in response to a determination that a bonus event has occurred; and
a server for communicating over a network with the gaming machine and serving data pertaining to the bonus game. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method of providing a primary game and a bonus game on a client computer communicating with a gaming server over the Internet, the method comprising:
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executing at least part of a play of the primary game on the gaming server;
determining that a bonus award should be issued; and
instructing the client computer to issue a cashless indicator of the bonus award from the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52)
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