Method and system for issuing gaming machine receipts

• US 20060194631A1
• Filed: 01/19/2006
• Published: 08/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Rowe, Rick, Chilton, Ward
• Application Number:
  US11/336,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20060194631A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0209 Incentive being awarded or redeemed in connection with the playing of a video game
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0212 Chance discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0225 Avoiding frauds
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3248 involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3255 Incentive, loyalty and/or promotion schemes, e.g. comps, gaming associated with a purchase, gaming funded by advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/42 for ticket printing or like apparatus , e.g. apparatus for dispensing of printed paper tickets or payment cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 5/00 Receipt-giving machines cash registers giving receipts G07G1/00

Abstract

The invention comprises a gaming system including at least one gaming machine arranged to accept and print receipts. In one embodiment of a method, a player playing a gaming machine is issued a receipt which represents credit or value belonging to the player, and includes secondary information. The secondary information may comprise promotional award information, such as a matching bet for use in playing another game or a prize, or information unrelated to the games, such as a horoscope. In another embodiment of the invention, a method comprises issuing a first receipt at a first location, such as a parking garage, accepting the first receipt at a gaming machine, issuing a second receipt at the gaming machine and then accepting the second receipt at another location, such as a parking garage exit. In this method, the gaming machine serves as a validation mechanism to a player activity or event.

Claims

1. A method of issuing and utilizing receipts in a gaming system comprising:

issuing a first receipt to a player at a first location;

accepting said first receipt at a gaming machine arranged to present at least one game for play by a player;

verifying said first receipt;

issuing a second receipt at said gaming machine to said player; and

accepting said second receipt at a second location;

wherein said second receipt requires redemption at said second location where said second location is selected from the group consisting of a parking garage exit, a ticket office and a restaurant.

2. The method in accordance with claim 1 further including providing goods or services to said player upon acceptance of said second receipt at said second location.

3. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said verifying said first receipt comprises comparing information associated with said receipt with information utilized to generate said receipt.

4. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said verifying game play by said player at said gaming machine and issuing said second receipt upon verification of said game play.

5. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said issuing a first receipt is in response to a positive action performed by said player at the first location.