Partial Credits cashout gaming unit
View Patent ↗A system or method providing a player to cashout half of credits accumulated during gaming. Anonymous cashing out of credit is available to a player through routes both external and internal to a gaming machine.
1. In a gaming system including a slot data system and a gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager coupled to the slot data system, an electronic gaming unit providing partial cashout, comprising:
a gaming processor, comprising circuitry for:
receiving a partial cashout request from a player of the electronic gaming unit; and
requesting data representing a partial cashout corresponding to the partial cashout request from the gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager; and
a ticket printer for printing a ticket reflecting the partial cashout representative data before notification of the slot data system.
2. The gaming unit of claim 1 , wherein the gaming processor further comprises circuitry for:
presenting one or more partial cashout offer amounts; and
receiving a player choice from among the partial cashout offer amounts.
3. The gaming unit of claim 1 , wherein the gaming processor circuitry requests partial cashout representative data including possible cashout amounts.
4. The gaming unit of claim 1 , wherein the gaming processor determines possible cashout amounts.
5. The gaming unit of claim 1 , wherein the gaming processor requests partial cashout representative data including data representing bar codes for tickets.
6. The gaming unit of claim 1 , wherein the electronic gaming unit circuitry sends data confirming printing of tickets to the gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager.
7. The gaming unit of claim 1 , wherein the electronic gaming unit circuitry presents a partial credit cashout touch screen button to the player.
8. The gaming unit of claim 1 , wherein the electronic gaming unit circuitry provides for anonymous cashout.
9. In a gaming system including a slot data system and a gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager coupled to the slot data system, an electronic gaming unit providing partial cashout, comprising:
a gaming processor comprising circuitry for communicating with the gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager; and
a printer for printing a ticket reflecting a partial cashout;
wherein:
a partial cashout request is sent from a player of the electronic gaming unit to the gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager;
data representing a partial cashout corresponding to the partial cashout request is sent from the gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager to the gaming processor; and
the ticket printer prints a ticket reflecting the partial cashout representative data before notification of the slot data system.
10. The gaming unit of claim 9 , wherein the gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager presents one or more partial cashout offer amounts to the player and receives a player choice from among the partial cashout offer amounts.
11. The gaming unit of claim 9 , wherein the partial cashout representative data from the gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager includes possible cashout amounts.
12. The gaming unit of claim 9 , wherein the partial cashout representative data from the gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager includes data representing bar codes for tickets.
13. The gaming unit of claim 9 , wherein the electronic gaming unit circuitry sends data confirming printing of tickets to the gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager.
14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager defines a soft key configured to allow a player to initiate a partial cashout request.
15. The gaming unit of claim 9 , wherein the electronic gaming unit circuitry presents a partial credit cashout touch screen button to the player.
16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the gaming monitoring unit or gaming transaction manager communicates directly with a player.
17. The gaming unit of claim 9 , wherein the electronic gaming unit circuitry provides for anonymous cashout.