Voucher gaming player terminal
View Patent ↗A gaming system and method of playing a gaming device by a user. The method includes inserting a voucher having a voucher value into the gaming device and accessing a database having voucher data associated with the voucher. The voucher value is verified. The user is queried for a credit value of a base wagering denomination. Calculations of full game credits and partial game credits are performed based upon the voucher value and the credit value. The full game credits, the partial game credits, and the voucher value are displayed on a game display. The method allows partial or all credits to be played at any time. The method provides for recording of game events to a database. The method also allows for the user to change the base wagering denomination during game play.
1. In a gaming system including a communication network and a plurality of player terminals interconnected via the communications network, a player terminal comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU);
a credit acceptor, coupled to the CPU, for receiving funds from a player for use on a gaming device;
a player input device, coupled to the CPU; and
a video display, coupled to the CPU;
wherein the CPU:
receives from the player input device a credit value selection from the player, wherein the value of each credit is a fractional denomination of standard currency denominations;
converts the funds received from the player via the credit acceptor into credits corresponding to the selected credit value;
controls the video display to display the credits on the player terminal to the player;
receives a player's wager, wherein the player wager comprises one or more of the credits; and
presents a game of chance to the player in exchange for the player's wager.
2. The player terminal of claim 1 , wherein the credits are expressed as decimals.
3. The player terminal of claim 1 , wherein the credits are expressed as fractions.
4. The player terminal of claim 1 , further comprising the CPU setting a maximum credit value.
5. The player terminal of claim 1 , further comprising the CPU setting a minimum credit value.
6. The player terminal of claim 1 , further comprising the CPU setting an incremental rate by which the player can increase or decrease the credit value.
7. The player terminal of claim 1 , wherein the credit value is a fraction of $0.01.
8. The player terminal of claim 1 , wherein standard currency denominations are $0.01, $0.05, $0.10, $0.25, or $1.00.
9. In a gaming system including a communications network and a plurality of gaming devices interconnected via the communications network, a gaming device comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU);
a credit acceptor, coupled to the CPU;
a player input device, coupled to the CPU;
a video display device, coupled to the CPU;
wherein the CPU:
receives from the credit acceptor funds from the player for use on a gaming device;
receives from the player input device player input selecting a credit value that is less than a smallest denomination for standard currency;
determines a number of credits available for wagering based upon both the funds received from the player and the credit value selected by the player;
displays on the video display device the credits on the gaming device to the player;
receives from the player input device a player's wager, wherein the player's wager comprises one or more credits, and the player's wager does not have a total value equal to standard currency denominations; and
presents on the video display device a game of chance to the player in exchange for the player's wager.
10. The gaming device of claim 9 , further comprising the CPU setting a maximum credit value.
11. The gaming device of claim 9 , further comprising the CPU setting a minimum credit value.
12. The gaming device of claim 9 , further comprising the CPU scaling a pay table according to the credit value selected by the player.
13. The gaming device of claim 9 , wherein the credit value is a fraction of $0.01.
14. The gaming device of claim 9 , wherein the standard currency denominations are $0.01, $0.05, $0.10, $0.25, or $1.00.