Patent 6976919 was granted and assigned to COLE INDUSTRIES, INC. on December, 2005 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A gaming unit includes a currency container. The currency container includes a locking mechanism for selectively locking the container to a housing of the gaming unit. In one embodiment, a secondary locking mechanism is associated with the housing, the secondary locking mechanism preventing, at one or more times, de-activation of the currency container locking mechanism.