Pulltab/bingo controller
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1. A network device, comprising:
- means for maintaining a pool of game determinations from a game server, each game determination corresponding to a game outcome for a Class II game of chance;
means for distributing game determinations from the pool;
means for receiving cashout requests corresponding to game outcomes; and
means for determining whether the cashout requests are valid.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a gaming network device that maintains pools of game determinations and provides ticket authorization and validation services. In some embodiments of the invention, the network device electronically distributes the game determinations to gaming machines. In other embodiments, the network device prints tickets, or authorizes the printing of tickets, that indicate game determinations and the tickets are input to gaming machines to display corresponding game outcomes. Preferably, the network device also determines whether to approve cashout requests. In some embodiments, the network device may be implemented in a gaming machine or a cashout kiosk.
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1. A network device, comprising:
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means for maintaining a pool of game determinations from a game server, each game determination corresponding to a game outcome for a Class II game of chance;
means for distributing game determinations from the pool;
means for receiving cashout requests corresponding to game outcomes; and
means for determining whether the cashout requests are valid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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11. A gaming network, comprising:
a clerk validation terminal, comprising;
means for maintaining a pool of game determinations from a game server, each game determination corresponding to a game outcome;
means for distributing game determinations from the pool;
means for receiving cashout requests corresponding to game outcomes; and
means for determining whether the cashout requests are valid; and
a gaming machine, comprising;
means for receiving game determinations; and
means for simulating a game of chance corresponding to a game determination.
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22. A gaming method, comprising:
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maintaining a local pool of game determinations in a network device of a gaming establishment;
communicating with a local network device to obtain a game determination;
issuing a game ticket that includes the game determination to a player in the gaming establishment;
displaying a game outcome corresponding to the game determination; and
printing a cashout ticket indicating the game outcome. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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