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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2011
Thomas P. Doyle, Reno, NV (US);
Ronald C. Gallaway, Reno, NV (US);
Thomas P. Doyle, Reno, NV (US);
Ronald C. Gallaway, Reno, NV (US);
SHFL ENTERTAINMENT, INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);
ARCADE PLANET, INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);
BALLY GAMING, INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);
BALLY GAMING INTERNATIONAL, INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);
BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);
SIERRA DESIGN GROUP, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A system including a bill or note validator of a gaming machine, a host computer, and a game credit meter. The bill or note validator is adapted to receive and recognize at least a first currency and a second currency, each issued by a different jurisdiction, and is further adapted to encode a monetary denomination of the second currency. The host computer is adapted to receive the encoded monetary denomination of the secondary currency, to decode the encoded monetary denomination and to determine an amount of game credit to be credited to the player. The game credit meter is adapted to store a total amount of game credit purchased by the player of the gaming machine including game credit purchased by the player in response to the player inserting one or more bills or notes of either or both currencies into the gaming machine.