Patent · US Expired

Gaming device having a cash out menu screen and a system and method for enabling a player to retrieve money from a gaming device

US6579179B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 27, 2001
Grant dateJun 17, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F17/3244
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is an operator configurable cash out menu that is displayed when a player presses the cash out button of a gaming device. The present invention provides for more flexible cash outs than in known gaming systems, wherein the player can select one or more methods of payment. The player can select an amount of coins to issue from a coin payout tray. The player can also select an amount of money to issue on a ticket that the gaming device prints and provides to the player, whereby the player can redeem the ticket for cash. The present invention also enables the player to select different amounts of money to cash out. The player can choose: (i) to have some or all of the amount issue as coins from the coin payout tray; (ii) to have some or all of the amount issue as cash printed on a ticket; or (iii) to have some issue as coins and some issue as cash printed on a ticket.

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