MANAGING CASHLESS WAGERING GAME SYSTEMS

摘要

A gaming system is configured to transfer wagering credits usable for wagering from a first cashless wagering system to a second cashless wagering system, the gaming system including a first and a second gaming machine and controller(s) configured to perform acts including depositing wagering credits associated with the first gaming machine into the first cashless wagering system, accessing, via a first system access technique, the first cashless wagering system and debiting, in a first transaction, the wagering credits from the first cashless wagering system. The controller(s) being further configured to credit, in the first transaction, the wagering credits from the first cashless wagering system to a second, different cashless wagering system, the second cashless wagering system being accessed via a second, different system access technique, wherein the first and second cashless wagering systems are communicably coupled over a network and disburse the wagering credits from the second cashless wagering system for game play on the second gaming machine associated with the second cashless wagering system.

主权项

1. A gaming system configured to transfer wagering credits from a first cashless wagering system to a second, different cashless wagering system, each of the first and second cashless wagering systems being configured to directly fund casino wagering games, the gaming system comprising:
a first gaming machine, comprising an electronic display device, associated with the first cashless wagering system; and one or more controllers configured to:
initiate a casino wagering game on the first gaming machine;randomly determine an outcome of the casino wagering game;direct the electronic display device to display the outcome;deposit the wagering credits from play of the casino wagering game at the first gaming machine into the first cashless wagering system;access, via a first system access technique, the first cashless wagering system;debit, in a financial transaction, the wagering credits from the first cashless wagering system;credit, in the same financial transaction, the wagering credits from the first cashless wagering system to a second, different cashless wagering system, the second cashless wagering system being accessed via a second, different system access technique, wherein the first and second cashless wagering systems are communicably coupled over a network; anddisburse the wagering credits from the second cashless wagering system for game play on a second gaming machine associated with the second cashless wagering system.