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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dwight E. Crevelt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Robert A. Luciano, Reno, NV (US);
Assignee:
International Game Technology, Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 ;
Abstract
A gaming machine is disclosed which includes apparatus necessary to send requests to and receive authorizations from an EFT system. All such requests for credit are limited to a preset amount, so that when a player uses an EFT transfer to obtain playing credit, that credit will be limited to no more than a specified amount. In practice, the player inserts his or her ATM card (debit card), keys in a PIN number, requests playing credit, and receives the preset amount of credit which can be converted to plays on the gaming machine.