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System and method for tracking casino promotional funds and apparatus for use therewith

  • US 5,321,241 A
  • Filed: 03/19/1993
  • Issued: 06/14/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for tracking casino promotional funds given to a casino patron, comprising a plurality of gaming machines, a bank controller for the plurality of gaming machines, a server connected to said bank controller, a plurality of memory devices, each memory device having a memory therein which has encoded therein an identification of the memory device which is assigned to a casino patron, means for recording an account balance for the casino patron and associated with the memory device supplied to the casino patron and an interface device for each gaming machine adapted to interface with said memory device to permit operation of the gaming machine and to permit debiting of the account balance of the casino patron as the gaming machine is operated by the casino patron utilizing the assigned memory device.

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