Bhakta Rakesh

Steven G LeMay

David Matthew Oles

A gaming machine includes at least one security data collection device. In one embodiment, the security data collection device is a camera mounted to the gaming machine and adapted to collect image information regarding events associated with or adjacent to the gaming machine, such as the image of a player. In one embodiment, a player's image is stored in data form on a player card. When the player plays a gaming machine, the player's image is capture and compared to the image stored on the player card for authentication purposes.

Gaming machine including security data collection device

A gaming machine includes at least one security data collection device. In one embodiment, the security data collection device includes at least one camera and/or microphone mounted to the gaming machine and adapted to collect image or audio information regarding events associated with or adjacent to the gaming machine, including events associated with the interior of the gaming machine. The security data collection devices are associated with a controller adapted to control the devices and an information storage device for storing the collected information. In one embodiment, the controller is a main gaming machine controller, and in others a controller associated with a peripheral device such as a player tracking device.

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Henderson, NV, United States of America

Bhakta Rakesh