Systems and methods for shared access to gaming accounts
A web server provides a host website to receive user profile and financial information to establish user gaming accounts that are shared by a plurality of on-line gaming venues. Each gaming venue, operated by different entities, provides gaming activities on a respective website. The host website provides a plurality of links to the participating on-line gaming venues and each gaming venue has shared access to the same user gaming account to facilitate user participation.
1. A computer system to perform a method of establishing and sharing a shared user gaming account for on-line gaming activities, comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising computer executable instruction code to direct the processor to,
provide a host website with a plurality of links to corresponding on-line gaming venues operated by different entities,
receive, through the host website, user-entered profile and financial information corresponding to a user to generate and store a shared user gaming account specific to the user,
receive, through the host website, a user name and password specific to the user and shared user gaming account,
enable the user to log-in to the corresponding shared user gaming account by entering the user name and password,
enable each on-line gaming venue shared access to the shared user gaming account to confirm user eligibility to participate in gambling and to fund gaming activities on the respective on-line gaming venue, wherein the user eligibility to participate in gambling is at least partially based on a residence address associated with the user,
enable each on-line gaming venue, and at least one physical casino venue affiliated with one of the on-line gaming venues, to update profile information and financial information of the user in the shared user gaming account in response to gaming activity conducted at a respective on-line gaming venue,
track spending activity of the shared user gaming account associated with at least one on-line gaming venue,
enable at least one of the on-line gaming venues to provide an incentive offer to incentivize a user to visit the affiliated physical casino venue, wherein the incentive offer is at least partially based on the tracked spending activity, and
enable the user to log-in to a website of each of the on-line gaming venues by entering the user name and password associated with the shared user gaming account.
2. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the computer executable instruction code further directs the processor to store the user gaming account in a database in electrical communication with a server.
3. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the computer executable instruction code further directs the processor to enable each on-line gaming venue to view spending activity corresponding to the respective on-line gaming venue.
4. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the computer executable instruction code further directs the processor to generate an incentive offer for the user specific to an on-line gaming venue and based on the spending activity at the on-line gaming venue.
5. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the computer executable instruction code further directs the processor to display incentive offers adjacent to the on-line gaming venue links and corresponding to the respective on-line gaming venues.
6. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the computer executable instruction code further directs the processor to confirm user legal eligibility to participate in gambling based on the user-entered profile information.
7. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the computer executable instruction code further directs the processor to confirm user ability to fund gaming activities based on the financial information.
8. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the on-line gaming venue provides an option to download an executable gaming application to enable one or more gaming activities.
9. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising computer readable instruction code for performing a method of establishing and sharing a shared user gaming account for on-line gaming activities, the method comprising:
providing a host website with a plurality of links to corresponding on-line gaming venues operated by different entities,
receiving, through the host website, user-entered profile and financial information corresponding to a user to generate and store a shared user gaming account specific to the user,
receiving, through the host website, a user name and password specific to the user and user gaming account,
enabling the user to log-in to the corresponding shared user gaming account by entering the user name and password,
enabling each on-line gaming venue shared access to the shared user gaming account to confirm user eligibility to participate in gambling and to fund gaming activities on the respective on-line gaming venue, wherein the user eligibility to participate in gambling is at least partially based on a residence address associated with the user,
enabling each on-line gaming venue, and at least one physical casino venue affiliated with one of the on-line gaming venues, to update profile information and financial information of the user in the shared user gaming account in response to gaming activity conducted at a respective on-line gaming venue,
tracking spending activity of the shared user gaming account associated with at least one on-line gaming venue,
enabling at least one of the on-line gaming venues to provide an incentive offer to incentivize a user to visit the affiliated physical casino venue, wherein the incentive offer is at least partially based on the tracked spending activity, and
enabling the user to log-in at a website of each of the on-line gaming venues by entering the user name and password associated with the shared user gaming account.
10. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises storing the user gaming account in a database in electrical communication with a server.
11. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises enabling each on-line gaming venue to view spending activity corresponding to the respective on-line gaming venue.
12. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises generating an incentive offer for the user specific to an on-line gaming venue and based on the spending activity at the on-line gaming venue.
13. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises displaying incentive offers adjacent to the on-line gaming venue links and corresponding to the respective on-line gaming venues.
14. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises confirming user legal eligibility to participate in gambling based on the user-entered profile information.
15. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises confirming user ability to fund gaming activities based on the financial information.
16. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the on-line gaming venue provides an option to download an executable gaming location to enable one or more gaming activities.
17. A computer system to perform a method of establishing and sharing a shared user gaming account for on-line gaming activities, comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising computer executable instruction code to direct the processor to,
receive, through the host website, user-entered profile and financial information corresponding to a user to generate and store a shared user gaming account specific to the user,
receive, through the host website, a user name and password specific to the user and the shared user gaming account,
enable the user to log-in to the corresponding shared user gaming account by entering the user name and password in response to gaming activity conducted at the respective on-line gaming venue, and
enable each on-line gaming venue shared access to the shared user gaming account to confirm user eligibility to participate in gambling and to fund gaming activities on the respective on-line gaming venue, wherein the user eligibility to participate in gambling is at least partially based on a residence address associated with the user,
track spending activity of the shared user gaming account associated with at least one on-line gaming venue,
enable at least one of the on-line gaming venues to provide an incentive offer to incentivize a user to visit an affiliated physical casino venue, wherein the incentive offer is at least partially based on the tracked spending activity, and to
enable each on-line gaming venue, and at least one affiliated physical casino venue, to update profile and financial information in the shared user gaming account.