Methods and devices for gaming account management
First Claim
1. A method for providing gaming account services, the method comprising:
- receiving identification information;
determining whether a gaming account is associated with the identification information;
providing gaming account information to a player when a gaming account is associated with the identification information, the gaming account information pertaining to a plurality of ticket vouchers used as cashless gaming instruments, said ticket vouchers being adapted or configured to be negotiated only in connection with the gaming account associated with the identification information; and
enabling gaming account management options to said player relating to the management of at least one of said previously issued ticket vouchers used as a cashless gaming instrument, wherein said options comprise an option of voiding by the player on a device an unredeemed previously issued ticket voucher.
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Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for managing gaming accounts. Some aspects of the invention provide for the cancellation, revocation or consolidation of cashless gaming instruments. For example, if a player has lost a cashless gaming instrument, the player could request that the cashless gaming instrument be cancelled. The request could be made in response to information (such as an activity log, an account statement, etc.) presented by a central network device. The information could be presented on a screen, printed on paper, etc. In order for such a request to be acted upon, it is preferable that the player, the gaming establishment that issued the cashless gaming instrument and the cashless gaming instrument itself be positively identified. Some implementations of the present invention provide for more flexible redemption in a cashless gaming system. Some such implementations allow a player to “cash out,” preferably in a single transaction, after one or more gaming sessions. The gaming sessions may have been conducted at different gaming machines and/or at different casinos. Some implementations allow a player to cash out without a cashless gaming instrument.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for providing gaming account services, the method comprising:
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receiving identification information; determining whether a gaming account is associated with the identification information; providing gaming account information to a player when a gaming account is associated with the identification information, the gaming account information pertaining to a plurality of ticket vouchers used as cashless gaming instruments, said ticket vouchers being adapted or configured to be negotiated only in connection with the gaming account associated with the identification information; and enabling gaming account management options to said player relating to the management of at least one of said previously issued ticket vouchers used as a cashless gaming instrument, wherein said options comprise an option of voiding by the player on a device an unredeemed previously issued ticket voucher. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for providing gaming account services, the apparatus comprising:
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an input device configured to receive identification information from a player; a player authentication unit configured to determine whether a gaming account is associated with the identification information; a display device; a communication interface and logic device configured to provide gaming account information to a player when a gaming account is associated with the identification information, the gaming account information pertaining to a plurality of ticket vouchers used as cashless gaming instruments, said ticket vouchers being adapted or configured to be negotiated only in connection with the gaming account associated with the identification information; and to enable gaming account management options to said player relating to the management of at least one of said previously issued ticket vouchers used as a cashless gaming instrument, wherein said options comprise an option of voiding by the player on the apparatus an unredeemed previously issued ticket voucher.
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21. A computer program embodied in a machine-readable medium, the computer program comprising instructions for controlling at least one device to perform the following steps:
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receiving identification information; determining whether a gaming account is associated with the identification information; providing gaming account information to a player when a gaming account is associated with the identification information, the gaming account information pertaining to a plurality of ticket vouchers used as cashless gaming instruments, said ticket vouchers adapted or configured to be negotiated only in connection with the gaming account associated with the identification information; and enabling gaming account management options to said player relating to the management of at least one of said previously issued ticket vouchers used as a cashless gaming instrument, wherein said options comprise an option of voiding by said player on a device an unredeemed previously issued ticket voucher. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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