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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
May. 06, 2009
Mark B. Gagner, West Chicago, IL (US);
Erhard W. Rathsack, Reno, NV (US);
Alfred Thomas, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Mark B. Gagner, West Chicago, IL (US);
Erhard W. Rathsack, Reno, NV (US);
Alfred Thomas, Las Vegas, NV (US);
WMS Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
A wagering game account management system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations include presenting a graphical user interface that includes a graphical control associated with a credit account belonging to a wagering game player; detecting a selection of the graphical control that initiates a financial transaction to transfer money from the credit account to a wagering game session account; determining access information stored in a player profile, the access information to access the credit account; determining an amount to transfer from the credit account to the wagering game session account balance; determining one or more rules limiting use of the credit account; and enforcing the one or more limitation rules on the use of the credit account.