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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2003
John W. Chamberlain, Carson City, NV (US);
Mohamad Ali Saffari, Reno, NV (US);
Larry R. Hollibaugh, Reno, NV (US);
John W. Chamberlain, Carson City, NV (US);
Mohamad Ali Saffari, Reno, NV (US);
Larry R. Hollibaugh, Reno, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A system, method and gaming device having a card reader and a receipt printer are provided. One processor of the gaming device communicates with a receipt printer and plays a game program. Another processor operates as part of an electronic funds transfer control unit that communicates with a card reader, keypad and display for prompting the player to enter fund transfer card information. The control unit sends out fund requests over a wide area network to a remote fund repository. If the repository approves of a fund request, the approval travels back to the ticket validation system, which instructs the gaming device to: (i) issue a direct transfer of funds via the credit meter, a hopper or a lottery and (ii) issue a receipt for the transfer to the player.