Collection system for multiple money-actuated machines

摘要

A soft count tracking system for a currency operated host gaming machine including a currency note validator (16), a storage mechanism (20) to store both currency notes and record data associated with the gaming machine and validator, and a soft count supervisor (24) for receiving the data from the storage mechanism at a remote location. The storage mechanism (20) has a non-volatile memory and can be taken to a remote soft count supervisor (computer) at a remote location in which the data is downloaded and cash is removed. This greatly reduces the potential for errors necessary in the prior art associated with an individual interrogating each machine and also avoids the problem of machine down time.