Mobile casino jackpot payment reporting system with secure form reporting to customer
Relative to a gaming system, a jackpot or game win processing device and server are configured to receive acknowledgement from a player regarding a gaming win award, such as input to the game win processing device of a signature by the player to gaming win forms. In response, the server is configured to generate at least one gaming win reporting form, such as a W2G, to store that form and provide access to the form, such as by emailing the form to the player or allowing the player to access the form via a portal.
1. A system for generating and securely transmitting gaming win reporting forms to a player comprising:
a mobile attendant device, said attendant device comprising a processor configured to execute machine readable code, a memory, a display device, at least one user input device and machine-readable code stored in said memory and executable by said processor;
a jackpot processing server comprising a processor configured to execute machine readable code, a memory, a communication interface, and machine readable code stored in said memory said executable by said processor;
a public facing communication accessible access portal in communication with said jackpot processing server;
said machine readable code of said jackpot processing server configured to cause said processor thereof to, in response to receiving an indication of an occurrence of a designated game win by a player, collect information regarding said player from a remote source and cause said mobile attendant device to display one or more game win forms relating to said game win, said one or more game win forms populated with said information regarding said player and information regarding said game win;
said machine readable code of said mobile attendant device configured to cause said processor thereof to receive a player's signature relative to said one or more game win forms via said at least one user input device;
said machine readable code of said mobile attendant device configured to cause said processor thereof to transmit confirmation of said one or more game win forms to said jackpot processing server; and
said machine readable code of said jackpot processing server configured to, in response to a request received from a remote communication device of said player via said access portal, transmit said one or more game win forms to said player.
2. The system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said information regarding said player is obtained from a casino player tracking account via communication by said jackpot processing server with a casino player tracking server.
3. The system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said machine readable code of said jackpot processing server is configured to cause said processor of said jackpot processing server to cause said one or more game win forms to be transmitted to said remote communication device of said player in a secured format.
4. The system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said secured format comprises password protecting said one or more game win forms.
5. The system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said mobile attendant device comprises a hand-held attendant device and said user input device of said mobile attendant device comprises a touch-screen.
6. The system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said access portal is configured as a web portal implemented by a webserver.
7. The system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said machine readable code of said mobile attendant device is configured to cause said processor of said mobile attendant device to receive input from an attendant of additional information regarding said player.
8. The system in accordance with claim 7 wherein said additional information comprises identity information.
9. A method for generating and transmitting gaming win reporting forms to a player comprising the steps of:
generating, at a jackpot processing server, a gaming win reporting form in response to a gaming win by a player;
displaying said gaming win reporting form at a mobile attendant device operated by an attendant;
receiving a signature by said player relative to said gaming win reporting form via said mobile attendant device;
storing said gaming win reporting form and said player's signature in a database associated with said jackpot processing server;
receiving, at an access portal associated with said jackpot processing server, from a remote communication device of said player, a request to access said gaming win reporting form;
locating said gaming win reporting form based upon information identifying said player; and
transmitting said gaming win form from said jackpot processing server to said player's remote communication device.
10. The method in accordance with claim 9 further comprising receiving notification of a gaming win at said jackpot processing server and said jackpot processing server causing said mobile attendant device to display said gaming win reporting form.
11. The method in accordance with claim 10 further comprising said jackpot processing server collecting information regarding said player from a secondary source and causing said mobile attendant device to display said gaming win reporting form populated with said information regarding said player.
12. The method in accordance with claim 11 wherein said secondary source comprises a player tracking system.
13. The method in accordance with claim 12 wherein said player tracking system comprises a player tracking server and a player tracking database of player information.
14. The method in accordance with claim 11 wherein said access portal comprises a web portal implemented by a webserver associated with said jackpot processing server, said web portal accessible via the Internet.
15. The method in accordance with claim 14 wherein said gaming win reporting form is transmitted in a secured format.
16. The method in accordance with claim 10 wherein said secured format comprises password protecting said gaming win reporting form.
17. The method in accordance with claim 10 further comprising receiving input from said attendant of secondary information regarding said player to said mobile attendant device.
18. The method in accordance with claim 17 further comprising associating said secondary information with said gaming win processing form.
19. The method in accordance with claim 10 wherein said gaming win processing form comprises one or more of a W2G form and a jackpot payment receipt.
20. The method in accordance with claim 10 wherein said step of receiving said signature comprises receiving said signature via a touch-screen of said mobile attendant device and associating said signature with said gaming win reporting form.