Cashless gaming system and method
US6652380B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/3241
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention discloses a voucher-based gaming transaction system, wherein vouchers are used for game credits rather than any form of coins or bills. Further disclosed are gaming machines that have the ability to fully transact using vouchers, including the ability to read, write, encrypt, and decrypt vouchers and create unique transaction IDs for each transaction (per voucher). The vouchers are independent of any type of player tracking or player accounts, and are operationally independent of each other. The system further includes a backend computer with a database which uses the unique transaction IDs for storing data associated with each transaction, primarily value and time of issuance information.
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