CPC E05B 41/00 (2013.01) [E05C 3/16 (2013.01); G07F 17/3216 (2013.01); G07F 17/3241 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/654 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/445 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/606 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An electronic gaming machine comprising:
a cabinet defining an interior space;
a door releasably fastened to the cabinet, the door operable to move between a locked state preventing access to the interior space and an unlocked state permitting access to at least a portion of the interior space; and
a security housing comprising a locking assembly and an optical switch coupled to a processor, the locking assembly comprising an actuator defining a channel, the optical switch comprising a transmitter and a receiver, wherein, when the door engages the locking assembly, the actuator is operable to move the channel to align with the transmitter on one side of the channel and the receiver on a different side of the channel to form an optical path between the transmitter and the receiver through the channel, and the optical switch is operable to communicate the locked state.
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