aesthetic layer so as to allow the use of a surface material that lends itself to more detailed tooling while satisfying the structural requirements the game apparatus 100 also includes a credit acceptor 130 the credit acceptor 130 allows players to deposit value to begin play the credit acceptor 130 is configured to accept the form of credit utilized by the establishment purveying the entertainment examples of forms of value the credit acceptor 130 may be configured to receive are paper currency coin currency tokens tickets credit cards or standard commercial or establishment specific debit cards exemplar not offered for purpose of limitation once the player deposits value the credit acceptor 130 communicates the event and the quantity of the deposit to a control unit 410 see fig4 the control unit 410 records the quantity of the value deposited and calculates the corresponding quantity of play credits the value may purchase the quantity of play credits is then communicated to the player via an associated credit display 135 as the player activates play the quantity of play credits may be reduced accordingly and the remaining balance of play credits may be displayed on the credit display 135 in the exemplary embodiment of the present game apparatus 100 a redemption dispenser 125 is illustrated similarly mounted and adjacent to credit acceptor 130 the redemption dispenser 125 may dispense redemption credit in proportion to earned game value game value will be redeemed as redemption value upon the player 39 s request provided the player.