Patent ID: 9640030
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method for promoting play of electronic gaming machines that when played generate random game outcomes, some of which result in an award, the electronic gaming machines being on a network, the method comprising: receiving wagers via the electronic gaming machines from players playing games on the electronic gaming machines responsive to actuation of a wager input device by the player, the wager input device being associated with each electronic gaming machine; making awards to players of the electronic gaming machines when the game outcome results in an award; tracking awards made on at least some of the electronic gaming machines via a meter associated with each of the electronic gaming machines on which awards are tracked; communicating the meter data over the network from each of the electronic gaming machines on which awards are tracked to a database that is operatively connected to the network; accessing the database; counting the awards stored in the database during a predefined time period; making at least one recommendation for future awards as a function of the counted awards; presenting a virtual persona on an electronic display that is operatively connected to the network; and causing the persona to communicate the at least one recommendation to at least one player.