Patent ID: 7762888

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: circuitry for receiving data from a promotional device in communication with the gaming machine, the circuitry configured to: retrieve, from the promotional device, information identifying an indicia of credit for use in wager-based gaming; retrieve, from the promotional device, information identifying a specific gaming application, the indicia of credit being limited to use only with instances of the specific gaming application; and retrieve, from the promotional device, player identification information for a specific player associated with the promotional device, and a processor configured to: generate play of a wager-based game; determine, based at least in part on the retrieved information identifying the specific gaming application, whether an instance of the specific gaming application is available for play on the gaming machine; authenticate, using the retrieved player identification information, the specific player associated with the promotional device; determine, based at least in part on the determination as to whether the instance of the specific gaming application is available for play, whether to apply the indicia of credit for use on the gaming machine; and when the processor determines that the specific gaming application is available and when the specific player is authenticated, indicate that the indicia of credit is available to be used for play of the specific gaming application.