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Self-verifying gaming voucher having secondary machine readable indicia

  • US 20040058728A1
  • Filed: 09/25/2002
  • Published: 03/25/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gaming voucher output from a gaming machine, the gaming voucher comprising:

  • (a) a first machine readable indicia representing a unique gaming voucher number and not including data representing the value of the gaming voucher, the value of the gaming voucher being stored in a database remote from the gaming machine in association with the unique gaming voucher number; and

    (b) a second machine readable indicia representing at least;

    (i) the asset number of the gaming machine that produced the gaming voucher, (ii) the value of the gaming voucher, and (iii) a portion of the unique gaming voucher number, wherein the data in the second machine readable indicia are used to obtain the asset number of the gaming machine that produced the gaming voucher and the value of the gaming voucher during a voucher counting process, and the data in the first and second machine readable indicia are used to verify the authenticity of the gaming voucher during the voucher counting process, without accessing the remote database.

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