Patent ID: 8246448

Claim:
A gaming machine for use in a gaming system of the type configured to track the play of players of gaming machines and to assign the players into tier levels related at least on part to the player's gaming history, said gaming machine comprising: a controller; a display; a player interface with said controller; a system interface to obtain the tier level of the player; a data structure storing for said player (i) data corresponding to player reward criteria, said reward criteria including a count criteria the value of which is related to a player rating and a play parameter of the gaming machine and (ii) data corresponding to a plurality of player-centric games each providing a plurality of outcomes at least one outcome having a reward, each tier level having associated therewith at least one player centric game; apparatus to provide gaming machine data including said play parameter of the gaming machine; said controller configured to receive said gaming machine data and to enable a player-centric game at said display for the player upon satisfaction of said reward criteria.