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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2021
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Kevin Higgins, Reno, NV (US);
Erik Petersen, Reno, NV (US);
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to gaming machines, retrofit card readers for gaming machines, and methods of operating gaming machines and retrofit card readers. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes receiving an indication that a wireless communication module has wirelessly communicated with a player credential, synthesizing a state change that emulates a physical card insertion event in response to receiving the indication that the wireless communication module has wirelessly communicated with the player credential, and communicating the synthesized state change to a Slot Machine Interface Board (SMIB). The synthesized state change may be communicated with a set of electrical signals that include a card detection state and data read from the player credential.