Gaming machine system operable with general purpose charge cards
CA 2266320 A1 · Owner: Scotch Twist, Inc. · Inventors: Lucero, James L.
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A player feeds a general purpose charge card (24) such as a VISA, MasterCard , or AMERICAN EXPRESS card or an account identification to a reader (26) at a gaming machine (10) or enters on a keyboard (20) or other input device information relating to the general purpose charge card (24) or account identification for transmission to a transaction processing facility. The processing facility associates the account information with a gaming account and determines whether to grant a user request. If the request is granted the , gaming machine (10) is enabled and thereafter one or more running net credit balances are kept by accounting for win-lose-draws. After the playing session is over, …
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- Filed September 18, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 18, 2017.
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