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Virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine

  • US 9,530,277 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2013
  • Issued: 12/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic gaming machine comprising:

  • a cabinet;

    a display device mounted to the cabinet;

    a wireless interface configured to communicate with a portable electronic device;

    a network interface secured within the cabinet and configured to communicate with a validation server;

    a bill validator configured to accept bills of currency and printed ticket vouchers; and

    a game controller coupled to the bill validator, said game controller including a processor and a memory secured within the cabinet and configured to;

    (a) if a printed ticket voucher is received via the bill validator;

    (i) modify an electronic gaming machine credit balance at least partially based on a credit amount associated with the received printed ticket voucher; and

    (ii) if a wager amount is placed on a first play of a game;

    (A) reduce the electronic gaming machine credit balance by the placed wager amount, and(B) for the first play of the game;



    (I) determine a game outcome, 

    (II) display the determined game outcome, 

    (III) determine any award associated with the determined game outcome, and 

    (IV) display any determined award associated with the determined game outcome, wherein said electronic gaming machine credit balance is increasable based on any determined award; and

    (b) if an indication is wirelessly received from the portable electronic device to redeem a virtual ticket voucher displayed by a display device of the portable electronic device;

    (i) validate, using a virtual ticket voucher validation number of the virtual ticket voucher, the virtual ticket voucher with the validation server via the network interface;

    (ii) modify the electronic gaming machine credit balance at least partially based on a credit amount associated with the virtual ticket voucher;

    (iii) notify the validation server that the virtual ticket voucher is redeemed; and

    (iv) if a wager amount is placed on a second play of a game;

    (A) reduce the electronic gaming machine credit balance by the placed wager amount, and(B) for the second play of the game;



    (I) determine a game outcome, 

    (II) display the determined game outcome, 

    (III) determine any award associated with the determined game outcome, and 

    (IV) display any determined award associated with the determined game outcome, wherein said electronic gaming machine credit balance is increasable based on any determined award.

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