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Abstract

A method and system for player payment management In a multiple electronic gaming machine (EGM) environment is described. Multiple bin validators (BVs] throughout a casino receive payments of various fund types. A central computer system (CCS) associates these payments with a given adjacent EGM1 though there Is no direct electronic communication between EGM and BV. In this method and system, the BV only directly communicates with the CCS. The CCS in turn provides the sole and complete management function for crediting BV player payments to appropriate EGMs. The BV Is preferably not housed within the EGM, but alternatively can be In the same housing. This advantageous method eliminates the need for EGMs to communicate with or manage the operation of a BV or other payment device. This system also allows existing casino systems to be upgraded with local BVs, without the need to rewire or reprogram existing EGMs.

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