SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCEPTING GAME CREDIT PURCHASES IN MULTIPLE CURRENCIES

A system for a gaming machine adapted to accept game credit purchases and wagers from a player using one or more types of currencies, includes a bill or note validator of a gaming machine, a host computer, and a game credit meter. The bill or note validator is adapted to receive and recognize at least a first currency and a second currency, each issued by a different jurisdiction, and is further adapted to encode a monetary denomination of the second currency if the second currency is recognized by the bill or note validator. The host computer is coupled to the gaming machine and is adapted to receive the encoded monetary denomination of the secondary currency, to decode the encoded monetary denomination and to determine an amount of game credit to be credited to the player. The game credit meter associated with the gaming machine is adapted to store a total amount of game credit purchased by the player of the gaming machine including game credit purchased by the player in response to the player inserting one or more bills or notes of either or both of the at least first and second currencies into the gaming machine.