Scott Timothy Gowin

Dwayne R Nelson

Steven G LeMay

Jim A Vasquez

James A Vasquez

Thomas D Waxman

John Leagh Beadell

Brandon J Bohling

Franco E Crivelli

Scott H Jones

Juan C Hernandez

Anthony J Frabbiele

Michael Thomas Garamendi

Essam Mikhail

Joseph Randolph Hedrick

Chauncey Warner Griswold

Stewart Thoeni

Daniel J Waller

Xuedong Chen

Russell Chudd

Gregory A Silva

Mark P Mahaffey

Jerrod Laputz

Margaret A Jones

Kyle Kaifesh

Wu Chih Wei

Jerrod L Laputz

Chen Xuedong

Chih Wei Wu

An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display mounted to the cabinet, a wireless interface for communicating with a portable electronic device, a network interface for communicating with a validation server, a bill validator coupled to a game controller configured to accept bills and printed ticket vouchers, and a removable cash box. The game controller includes a processor and a memory configured to control a wager-based game played on the EGM, redeem virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers, receive an indication to transfer value to the EGM via a virtual ticket voucher, receive the virtual ticket voucher including a virtual ticket voucher validation number from the portable electronic device via the wireless interface, validate the virtual ticket voucher with the validation server via the network interface, deposit a credit amount associated with the virtual ticket voucher, and notify the validation server that the virtual ticket voucher is redeemed.

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

A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers, is described. The gaming system can include electronic gaming machines that are compatible to receive both virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that are redeemable for credits on the electronic gaming machines. Information associated with a virtual ticket voucher can be stored on a patron-controlled portable electronic device and then can be wireless transmitted to the electronic gaming machines. The electronic gaming machines can be configured to issue virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that can be redeemed for cash or additional game play on another electronic gaming machine. In one embodiment, the electronic gaming machine can be configured to issue a virtual ticket voucher to a patron-controlled portable electronic device.

Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine

Redemption of virtual tickets using a portable electronic device

Bill acceptors and printers for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine

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Reno, NV, United States of America

Scott Timothy Gowin