Cashless reservation system

US8512118B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited · AU

Inventors

• Louis Lui · Forbes, AU
• Robert Linley Muir · Rosebery, AU
• David Curry · Chatswood, AU
• John Leslie Boesen · Parramatta, AU
• David Samuel Jack · Forbes, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 15, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3262
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A gaming machine and a gaming system is described. Gaming machines may be reserved by operating a button panel. In certain embodiments the reserved gaming machine or a head system causes the printing of a ticket and when that ticket is read by a bill acceptor, the gaming machine unlocks. In other embodiments, reservation is made by other means, including player cards.