Patent ID: 8515789

Claim:
A method for optimizing profit for a gambling enterprise, said method comprising: employing a plurality of different gaming units in said gambling enterprise; employing a plurality of counts, one of said counts for each of said different gaming units; employing a plurality of decision functions, at least one of said decision functions for each of said different gaming units; employing profit optimization as an objective function; determining with a processor optimal values for said counts for each of said different gaming units from said decision functions in order to optimize said objective function; adjusting said counts for each of said different gaming units to be said optimal values for said counts in said gambling enterprise; employing at least one constraint for at least some of said different gaming units as one of said decision functions; determining time series revenue data for said different gaming units and determining a demand function for each of said different gaming units; determining time series cost data for said different gaming units and determining a cost function for said different gaming units; employing said demand function for each of said different gaming units and said cost function for said different gaming units as some of said decision functions; and determining said optimal values from said at least one constraint, said demand function for each of said different gaming units and said cost function for said different gaming units.