Patent ID: 6244958
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
A method for providing incentive to play gaming devices connected by a network to a host computer comprising:associating each gaming device with an input device for receiving player identification information;associating unique player identification information with a gaming device player;creating a player account accessible by the host computer;associating the unique player identification information with the player account;applying a credit to the player's account;debiting the account responsive to receipt of the unique player identification information by one of the input devices;crediting the gaming device associated with said one input device with the amount debited from the account;debiting the account by the maximum wager playable on the gaming device responsive to the completion of each game played by the player on the gaming device; andcrediting the gaming device associated with said one input device with the amount debited from the account each time the account is debited.