Patent ID: 8123613

Claim:
A method of providing gaming incentives, comprising the steps of: receiving a first transmission from a secure memory device in a terminal communicatively coupled to one of a plurality of first gaming devices of a first casino; wherein the secure memory device is issued to a member of a first incentive program of the first casino, the memory device having a secure memory for storing and retrieving tamperproof customer incentive information and a customer-unique identifier; wherein the terminal exchanges information between the secure memory device and the one of the plurality of gaming devices; wherein the plurality of first gaming devices includes at least a subset of first gaming devices that are communicatively isolated from any entity communicatively connected with any of the other of the plurality of first gaming devices collecting first information describing member-related gaming device activity of the one of the plurality of first gaming devices; securely transmitting the first information regarding the member-related gaming device activity to the memory device for storage in the secure memory; receiving a second transmission from the secure memory device in a second terminal communicatively coupled to one of a second plurality of gaming devices of a second casino commercially distinct from the first casino; wherein the second terminal exchanges information between the secure memory device and the one of the second plurality of gaming devices; wherein the plurality of second gaming devices includes at least a subset of second gaming devices that are communicatively isolated from any entity communicatively connected with any of the other of the plurality of second gaming devices; enrolling the member of the first incentive program of the first casino in a second incentive program of the second casino; collecting second information describing member-related gaming device activity of the one of the second plurality of gaming devices of the second casino; securely transmitting the second information regarding the member-related gaming device activity to the memory device for storage in the secure memory.