Patent ID: 8821243

Claim:
A system for providing player-centric games to players of gaming devices of the type providing winning and losing outcomes and network connectivity for connecting said gaming devices to a communication network, said system comprising: a host server in communication with a data structure storing data corresponding to player accounts including player information and a player rating associated with each player, said players each associated with one of a plurality of ratings; a player interface for transmitting over said network player identification information from a player to said host processor to access the player's account; a data structure storing (i) data corresponding to player reward criteria, said reward criteria including a count criteria having a count value related to the rating of the player and a play parameter of the gaming device which is counted towards said count value and (ii) data corresponding to one or more player-centric games providing outcomes at least one of which has an outcome of a first value for players of a first rating and one or more player-centric games providing outcomes at least one of which has an outcome of a second value for players of a second rating; said host configured to receive through said network and from said gaming devices data corresponding to the play of the gaming device including said play parameter; and said controller configured to receive said gaming device data and to provide to a player upon satisfaction of said reward criteria a corresponding player-centric game.