Player authentication for cashless gaming machine instruments
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1. A method of authenticating a cashless gaming instrument, comprising:
- acquiring player authentication data via a device on a gaming machine;
printing the player authentication data on the cashless gaming instrument when the instrument is issued at the gaming machine; and
requiring validation of the player instrument authentication data printed on the cashless gaming instrument for negotiation of the cashless gaming instrument.
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Abstract
A method and gaming machine/system designed or configured to provide security to cashless gaming system instruments, such as EZ PAY tickets, by placing authentication information data on the ticket. Player authentication data is acquired via an interface provided by a gaming machine and the data is then placed on a cashless instrument so that it may later be read and authenticated. Such instruments could then only be negotiated by the person identified by the player authentication data placed on the instrument.
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1. A method of authenticating a cashless gaming instrument, comprising:
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acquiring player authentication data via a device on a gaming machine;
printing the player authentication data on the cashless gaming instrument when the instrument is issued at the gaming machine; and
requiring validation of the player instrument authentication data printed on the cashless gaming instrument for negotiation of the cashless gaming instrument. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 39)
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19. A gaming machine, comprising:
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a master gaming controller designed or configured to control a game play sequence comprising a presentation of one or more games on the gaming machine;
a cashless gaming instrument input mechanism coupled to said master gaming controller a player authentication data acquisition mechanism coupled to said master gaming controller for receiving player authentication data; and
a printer designed or configured to generate a cashless gaming machine instrument and print player authentication data acquired by the acquisition mechanism on the cashless gaming instrument when the instrument is issued at the gaming machine wherein negotiation of the cashless gaming instrument requires validation of the player authentication data printed on the cashless gaming instrument. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A cashless gaming instrument, comprising:
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an instrument medium;
player authentication data identifying a gaming player as owner of the cashless instrument printed on the instrument medium when the instrument medium is issued at a gaming machine wherein negotiation of the cashless gaming instrument requires validation of the player authentication data printed on the cashless gaming instrument. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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40. A method of negotiating a cashless gaming instrument, comprising:
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receiving the cashless gaming instrument including first player authentication data printed on the cashless gaming instrument wherein the first player authentication data associates the cashless gaming instrument to a game player and wherein the first player authentication data is printed on the cashless gaming instrument when the cashless gaming instrument is issued at a gaming machine;
receiving second player authentication data wherein the second player authentication data is one of information known by the game player or biometric information received from the game player;
comparing validation data obtained using the first player authentication data printed on the cashless gaming instrument with the second player authentication data; and
redeeming the cashless gaming instrument when a match is determined between the validation data and the second player authentication data. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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