Patent ID: 8298077

Claim:
A method for maintaining a credit account for a player, the credit account including a total balance and a non-cashable balance, wherein the player is able to use credits in the credit account to make wagers on at least one game of chance, and wherein the player uses a client computer in communication with a gaming server via a communication network to play the at least one game of chance, the method comprising: a credit administration facility increasing the total balance and the non-cashable balance by an amount of a priori promotion credit awarded to the player, the amount of a priori promotion credit being associated with a play-through-required amount; the credit administration facility calculating a play-through-achieved amount based on any wagers made by the player on the at least one game of chance; the credit administration facility comparing the play-through-achieved amount to the play-through-required amount; and in response to a determination that the play-though-achieved amount is greater than or equal to the play-through-required amount, the credit administration facility calculating a cashable portion of the non-cashable balance, calculating a remaining non-cashable balance by decreasing the non-cashable balance by the cashable portion, and calculating a cashable balance for the player as a difference between the total balance and the remaining non-cashable balance.