Patent ID: 7704145

Claim:
A method for generating tax information about a player's gaming activity comprising: receiving a wager from at least two players at one or more gaming devices; tracking any gaming activity of the at least two players, which includes any wagers and awards of the at least two players, over a network, and combining and linking together the tracked gaming activity in a player tracking account; storing the tracked gaming activity in the player tracking account at a server; receiving, at the server from a computer, a player-initiated request from at least one of the two players for a tax statement; determining whether the player is entitled to receive the tax statement; thereafter, when the player is entitled to receive the tax statement, processing the tracked gaming activity to generate a tax statement summarizing the tracked gaming activity of the at least two players over multiple gaming sessions, the tax statement including an amount gambled, any amount lost and any carry-over deductions; and printing the tax statement at a printer, the tax statement being presented to the player.