Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Credit or identification card systems
Patent
1996-04-29
1999-05-11
Lee, Michael G.
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Credit or identification card systems
235381, 235375, 902 23, 364412, 273138A, G06K5/00
Patent
active
059029838
ABSTRACT:
A gaming machine 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.
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Crevelt Dwight E.
Luciano Robert A.
International Game Technology
Lee Michael G.
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