System and method for tracking casino promotional funds and apparatus for use therewith
First Claim
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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Abstract
A system for tracking casino promotional funds given to a casino patron, comprising a plurality of gaming machines A bank controller is provided for the plurality of gaming machines. A server is connected to the bank controller. A plurality of memory devices are provided. Each memory device has a memory which has encoded therein an identification of a serial number which is assigned to a casino patron receiving the memory device. The system provides an account balance for the casino patron which is associated with the memory device supplied to the casino patron. An interface device is provided on each gaming machine and is adapted to interface with the 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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- 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.
- 16. A method for tracking casino promotional funds given to a casino patron to require that such promotional funds given to a casino patron be utilized on gaming machines of the casino by providing a central data storage, a memory device having a permanently assigned serial number encoded therein and by providing an interface device associated with each gambling machine in the casino adapted to receive the memory device, comprising the steps of opening an account having an account identification at the central data storage for the casino patron assigning a serial number of a memory device to the account of the casino patron, crediting a currency value representing a promotional fund of the casino to the account of the casino patron, placing the memory device into the interface device, identifying the serial number of the memory device transmitting the serial number of the memory device to the central data storage and debiting the account of the casino patron at the central data storage as the gaming machine is utilized by the casino patron.
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21. In a key programmer for use with a master key, a microprocessor, a master key socket connected to the microprocessor, a display connected to the microprocessor, and a plurality of slave key sockets connected to the microprocessor and programming means for causing the microprocessor to encode the keys placed in the slave sockets with the information carried by the master key placed in the master socket.
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22. In a cashier terminal, a key slot for receiving an employee key, an interface socket for receiving a touch memory device, a keyboard and circuitry connecting the keyboard to the interface device and to the key slot whereby increased values can be placed in the account of the casino patron with the casino patron'"'"'s memory device disposed in the interface device.
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