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Cashless method for a gaming system

  • US 6,280,326 B1
  • Filed: 06/11/1998
  • Issued: 08/28/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cashless method operating a gaming machine, the gaming machine issuing a cash-out signal having a cash-out value when a cash-out button is pressed, the cashless method comprising the steps of:

  • obtaining one of a plurality of unprinted tickets stored at the gaming machine, printing, at the gaming machine, a bar code containing information at least including the cash-out value from the cash-out signal on the obtained ticket, scanning the bar code on the printed ticket, retaining the printed ticket at the gaming machine when the scanned bar code does not match the printed bar code, delivering the printed ticket out from the gaming machine when the scanned bar code matches the printed bar code, receiving a ticket when inserted at the gaming machine, reading, at the gaming machine, the information in the bar code from the received ticket, issuing a cash-in signal corresponding to a cash-in value from the read bar code to the gaming machine, retaining the read ticket at the gaming machine in response to the step of issuing.

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