Patent ID: 8277314

Claim:
A system comprising: at least one processor; at least one interface operable to provide a communication link to at least one other network device in a gaming network; memory; and a gaming table, the gaming table comprising: a media detector/reader configured to receive signals and obtain information from a player tracking device associated with a first player and an electronic wagering token associated with the first player; a player tracking manager configured to automatically detect information relating to the first player, including at least one of a wagering activity and a game play activity; the system being configured to: automatically detect a presence of a first player at the gaming table, by detecting, with the media detector/reader, a player tracking device associated with the first player; automatically detect one or both of a presence and relative location of the electronic wagering token, wherein the electronic wagering token comprises a power source, a processor, memory, one or more status indicators, and a wireless interface, and is configurable by an external device for storing information relating to one or more flat rate table game sessions associated with the first player; automatically initiate a first flat rate table game session for the first player in response to a determination that a first set of criteria has been satisfied automatically track, in response to initiating the first flat rate table game session for the first player, at least one of the wagering activity and the game play activity, using the automatically detected information.