System with player-centric rewards
View Patent ↗A system that provides various player-centric rewards to the casino patrons. The rewards may be provided across multiple games including slots, tables, keno, and any other casino game. The sweepstakes rewards may be used to promote increased play for chosen time periods, locations, and/or individual players. In addition, patrons can earn sweepstakes rewards based upon the amount of coins played at the slot machine, on the slot floor or throughout the entire casino. Furthermore, the patrons can receive a birthday reward, which may be credited to the eligible patrons on or about the patron's birth date. The rewards may be directly credited to the gaming machines using either cashable or non-cashable credits. The system facilitates patrons continuing to accrue rights toward a reward even when playing different gaming machines, or when playing machines having different denominations.
1. A system for providing player-centric games to players of gaming devices of the type providing winning and losing outcomes and network connectivity for connecting said gaming devices to a communication network, said system comprising: a host server in communication with a data structure storing data corresponding to player accounts including player information and a player rating associated with each player, said players each associated with one of a plurality of ratings; a player interface for transmitting over said network player identification information from a player to said host processor to access the player's account; a data structure storing (i) data corresponding to player reward criteria, said reward criteria including a count criteria having a count value related to the rating of the player and a play parameter of the gaming device which is counted towards said count value and (ii) data corresponding to one or more player-centric games providing outcomes at least one of which has an outcome of a first value for players of a first rating and one or more player-centric games providing outcomes at least one of which has an outcome of a second value for players of a second rating; said host configured to receive through said network and from said gaming devices data corresponding to the play of the gaming device including said play parameter; and said controller configured to receive said gaming device data and to provide to a player upon satisfaction of said reward criteria a corresponding player-centric game.
2. The system of claim 1 comprising said gaming devices are adapted to receive wagers, said data structure storing data corresponding to player reward count criteria having a count value related to the rating of the player and wagering activity at the gaming machine which is counted towards said count value.
3. The system of claim 1 comprising a player-centric game is one of a raffle or sweepstakes game.
4. A system for providing player-centric games to gaming machines of the type including apparatus to accept a wager, a display to display winning and losing outcomes, network connectivity for connecting said gaming devices to a communication network and apparatus for identification the gaming machine player, the system comprising: a host server in communication with a first data structure storing data corresponding to player accounts including player information and a tier level assigned to each player based at least in part on the player's gaming history; said data structure storing for said player (i) data corresponding to player reward criteria, said reward criteria including a count criteria the value of which is related to a player tier level and a play parameter of the gaming machine and (ii) data corresponding to a plurality of player-centric games each providing a plurality of outcomes at least one outcome having a reward, each tier level having associated therewith at least one player-centric game; said host configured to receive data through said network to identify the player and play parameter of the gaming machine to enable a player-centric game at said gaming machine for the player upon satisfaction of said reward criteria.
5. The system of claim 4 comprising a player-centric game is one of a raffle or sweepstakes game.