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Cashless reservation system

  • US 8,998,695 B2
  • Filed: 05/25/2007
  • Issued: 04/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A gaming system comprising a server system communicably connected to a plurality of gaming machines, the gaming machines providing a game in which a player stakes a wager on the game and a plurality of symbols are selected and displayed on a display, and if a winning combination occurs during play of the game, the gaming machine awards an award, wherein at least one of said plurality of gaming machines comprises a user interface which includes apparatus to receive an identifier from a current player of the gaming machine and the gaming machine communicates with the server system to provide access to a player account associated with the identifier and maintained by the server system, wherein upon operation of the user interface by the current player, the server system determines eligibility criteria for reservation of the gaming machine, and subject to the eligibility criteria, the server system causes the gaming machine to no longer operate to play a game for a period of time, the eligibility criteria defining a variable characteristic of the gaming machine or of the player and including one or more of the following:

  • (a) the type of gaming machine requested for reservation;

    (b) the location of the gaming machine requested for reservation;

    (c) the time period for the requested reservation;

    (d) the class of the player;

    (e) the class of the gaming machine;

    (f) the number of requests for reservation of gaming machine(s) by the player during a specified time period; and

    /or (g) the amount of funds held by the player in a player account associated with the identifier received from the current player.

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