Printing and dispensing system for an electronic gaming device that provides an undisplayed outcome

Abstract

An electronic gaming system has been developed. The system includes an electronic gaming device that receives a wager and generates an outcome of the wager. The outcome is not disclosed to the player and is issued in the form of a cashless instrument. An outcome display device accepts the cashless instrument and displays the outcome to the player.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A data storage device for a player of a gambling game, comprising:
 a player-provided, player-actuable portable electronic memory device operative to track and save data representative of the player's gambling and non-gambling activity in a casino property and non-gambling activity off the casino property;
 device programming that analyzes the player data that are stored on the memory device, where the player data are generated upon engagement by the player of an electronic gaming device and at least one of the devices of the group consisting of: a point of sale device, an Internet capable device, a telephonic device, and a wireless device; at least one of an electronic gaming device visual display, an electronic gaming device ticket dispensing device and an electronic gaming device audio output device configured to generate at least one of an electronic gaming device visual display output, a ticket output and an electronic gaming device audio output in response to the analysis of the player's combined activities where the electronic gaming device output comprises at least one of a gambling game outcome, a video game, a TV episode, a commercial motion picture movie, a drawing outcome, a drawing entry and a bonus game; and an interface between the portable electronic memory device and at least one of the electronic gaming device and a player tracking system that does not permit a player portable electronic memory device communication to alter wager outcome logic used by the electronic gaming device to generate a wager outcome. 
   
     
     
         2 . A data storage device for a player of a gambling game, comprising:
 a player provided, player-actuable and player-portable electronic memory device;   means for identifying the player of a gambling game with a fingerprint reader;   means for comparing the player's fingerprint to a system file to prevent access by unauthorized parties;   means for storing player data on the memory device, where the player data is generated upon engagement by the player of an electronic gaming device in combination with data generated, at any time and place, upon engagement by the player of at least one of the devices of the group consisting of: a point of sale device, an Internet capable device, a telephonic device, and a wireless device;   electronic gaming device engagement means that do not permit the player-portable electronic memory device communications to alter a wager outcome generated by the electronic gaming device; and   means for entering the player into a drawing where a drawing entry is generated in response to an analysis of the combined player data.   
     
     
         3 . A data storage device for a player of a gambling game, comprising:
 a portable processor within a cellular telephone possessed by the player that, through an interface that does not permit a portable processor communication with the gambling game to alter wager outcome programming used by the gambling game, tracks data representative of a player's gambling game activity in a casino and tracks data representative of a player's activity away from a casino, where the player's data is generated by the gambling game in the casino in combination with at least one additional electronic device away from the casino;   a player provided, player portable electronic memory device that stores the data from the processor;   a player accessible server operative to allow the player access to at least one of: a gambling game, a video game, a TV episode, a commercial motion picture movie, a gambling game outcome, a drawing entry, a drawing outcome, a ring tone, an access code and a bonus game in response to a player tracking system; and   the player tracking system, in communication with the portable electronic memory device, operative to conduct a business analysis of the player based on the data where the player tracking system is further operative to allow the player access to the at least one of a gambling game, a video game, a TV episode, a commercial motion picture movie, a gambling game outcome, a drawing entry, a drawing outcome, a ring tone, an access code and a bonus game to the player in response to the analysis.   
     
     
         4 . A method for tracking and analyzing activity of a player of a casino gambling device located in a casino by a player tracking system in information communication connection with the casino gambling device via an interface that does not allow the player tracking system to affect game logic circuitry of the casino gambling device, comprising:
 receiving information that identifies the player to the player tracking system;   electronically tracking and storing information about casino gambling device activity of the player via the information communication connection between the player tracking system and the casino gambling device;   electronically receiving and storing information about activity of the player that occurs in the casino and away from the casino originating from a portable, personal, communication device possessed by the player;   analyzing the stored gambling device activity information in combination with the stored information about the player's activity away from the casino; and   the player tracking system electronically communicating with the player through at least one of an output device of the casino gambling device located in the casino and the portable, personal, communication device possessed by the player in response to an analysis of the stored information.   
     
     
         5 . A data storage device for a player of a gambling game, comprising:
 a player-provided, player-actuable portable electronic memory device operative to track and save data representative of the player's gambling and non-gambling activity in a casino property and off the casino property;   a player tracking system in information transmission connection with at least on slot machine;   where the player tracking system is configured to analyze the player data that are stored on the player-provided memory device;   where the player data are generated upon engagement by the player of at least one of an electronic gaming device, a point of sale device, an Internet capable device, a telephonic device, and a wireless device;   at least one of an electronic gaming device visual display, an electronic gaming device ticket dispensing device and an electronic gaming device audio output device configured to generate at least one of an electronic gaming device visual display output, a ticket output, and an electronic gaming device audio output in response to an analysis of the player's combined activities where the electronic gaming device output comprises at least one of a gambling game outcome, a video game, a TV episode, a commercial motion picture movie, a drawing outcome, a drawing entry and a bonus game; and
 an interface between the portable electronic memory device and at least one of the electronic gaming device and a player tracking system that does not permit a player portable electronic memory device communication to alter wager outcome logic used by the electronic gaming device to generate a wager outcome.