Patent ID: 8088001
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: awarding a plurality of players in a casino gaming environment at least one award of each type from a group of awards comprising the following types: an amount of comp; and a non-comp award comprising at least one of extra game play credit and a tangible object; wherein, the casino gaming environment comprises a plurality of gaming machines or terminals and at least one remote host; receiving, at the remote host, a plurality of indications for exchange, each said indication being entered by a respective player via at least one gaming machine or terminal, and transmitted from the at least one gaming machine or terminal to the remote host; wherein at least one of the plurality of indications is an indication from at least one of the plurality of players that the player desires to exchange an amount of comp for a different type of award; at least one of the plurality of indications is an indication from at least one of the plurality of players that the player desires to exchange an amount of extra game play credit for a different type of award; at least one of the plurality of indications is an indication from at least one of the plurality of players that the player desires to exchange an awarded tangible object for a different type of award; maintaining, at the remote host, a database of the indications for exchanges, the remote host: