Patent ID: 8323109

Claim:
A method implemented using a gaming system including a gaming floor management server interconnected to a plurality of gaming machines that are each arranged to provide a game by determining a game outcome, presenting selected symbols on a display representative of the game outcome, and awarding an award if the game outcome is a winning outcome, the method including: monitoring play by all players of the plurality of gaming machines to form gaming session information including at least one of cash in, credits played, credits won, session win or loss, cash out, session started, and total time played, wherein gaming session information is each respectively associated with the gaming machine that is being played; recording gaming session information on the gaming floor management server; identifying one or more players of the plurality of gaming machines; associating the recorded gaming session information to the identified one or more players; and providing an option to the identified one or more players to combine the recorded gaming session information with any previously retained gaming session information.