摘要 |
The subject invention provides a closed system for counting monetary instruments from a plurality of games within a casino. The system includes a universal box for insertion into one of the games and for storing monetary instruments inserted into the game. A memory device is coupled to the universal box and the memory device is adapted to receive data from the game. The system further includes a bill validator for accepting and validating the monetary instruments such that the bill validator is adapted to communicate the game identification to the universal box. The system further includes a counting machine for receiving the monetary instruments stored in the universal box and the game identification from the memory device. The counting machine associates the monetary instruments that are counted with the data and transmits to a network for real-time tracking of the money within the casino.
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