Patent ID: 8688517

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, respective first indications of each of a plurality of first locations of a first mobile gaming device that is operated by a first player; receiving, by the computing device, respective second indications of each of a plurality of second locations of a second mobile gaming device that is operated by a second player; in response to receiving the first and second indications, determining, by the computing device, that the first plurality of locations and the second plurality of locations are correlated; in response to determining that the first plurality of locations and the second plurality of locations are correlated, determining, by the computing device, that the first player and the second player are related; determining, by the computing device, a first advertisement based on information about the first player; in response to determining that the first player and the second player are related and determining the first advertisement based on information about the first player, directing, by the computing device, a promotion based on the first advertisement to the second player; and determining that the promotion should be directed in response to the triggering event occurring, in which the triggering event includes a determination that at least one of the first player and the second player are moving towards an edge of a gaming area.