Promotion administration system and method
A system for administering promotions in which a player is awarded promotion credit to be consumed in wagering activities includes a credit administration facility that maintains a player credit account, and a display means capable of displaying a composition of the player credit account on a display means. The promotion credit is either one or both of a priori and a posteriori promotion credit. The credit administration facility automatically determines the composition of the player credit account as a function of any credit purchases made by the player, wagers made by the player and their corresponding payouts, and any promotion credit awarded to the player.
1. A system comprising:
a credit administration facility for administering any a priori promotion credit and any a posteriori credit associated with a player account, the credit administration facility being operable to compute:
(i) a total balance of the player account as a function of wagers made by the player on house edge services, in which a house acts as a banker, and wagers made by the player on peer-to-peer services, in which the house does not act as a banker but levies a transaction charge;
(ii) play through achieved for the any a priori promotion credit;
(iii) play through achieved for the any a posteriori promotion credit; and
(iv) a cashable portion of the total balance, wherein the cashable portion is affected by play through achieved for the any a priori promotion credit in accordance with a first play through requirement and by play through achieved for the any a posteriori promotion credit in accordance with a second play through requirement.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein winnings arising from wagers made with the any a priori promotion credit contribute to the cashable portion when the first play through requirement is met.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the any a priori promotion credit does not contribute to the cashable portion at any time.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the any a priori promotion credit progressively contributes to the cashable portion as a function of wagers made by the player on house edge services.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the any a posteriori promotion credit contributes to the cashable portion when the second play through requirement is met.
6. A method comprising:
a server computer computing a total balance of a player account as a function of wagers made by the player on house edge services, in which a house acts as banker, and wagers made by the player on peer-to-peer services, in which the house does not act as banker but levies a transaction charge;
the server computer computing play through achieved for any a priori promotion credit associated with the player account;
the server computer computing play through achieved for any a posteriori promotion credit associated with the player account; and
the server computer computing a cashable portion of the total balance, wherein the cashable portion is affected by play through achieved for the any a priori promotion credit in accordance with a first play through requirement and by play through achieved for the any a posteriori promotion credit in accordance with a second play through requirement.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein winnings arising from wagers made with the any a priori promotion credit contribute to the cashable portion when the first play through requirement is met.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the any a priori promotion credit does not contribute to the cashable portion at any time.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the any a priori promotion credit progressively contributes to the cashable portion as a function of wagers made by the player on house edge services.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the any a posteriori promotion credit contributes to the cashable portion when the second play through requirement is met.