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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Franz Lechner, Graz, AT;
Helmut Steffenini, Stattegg, AT;
Franz Lechner, Graz, AT;
Helmut Steffenini, Stattegg, AT;
DR Gaming Technology, Knokke, BE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a ticket management apparatus (TMA) for cashless operation of gaming machines (-), comprising a ticketing device (-) for inputting and outputting tickets () containing gaming data () and at least one data management device (-). The data management device (-) includes a gaming machine interface (GMIa-GMIn) for exchanging gaming data () with a controller (-) of a gaming machine (-), a ticketing device interface (TDIa-TDIn) for exchanging gaming data () with that ticketing device (-), a processor unit (-), a memory unit (-) and an external communication interface (ECIa-ECIn) for exchanging gaming data () with one or more devices () external to that ticket management apparatus (TMA).