Patent ID: 8821296

Claim:
A method for communicating loyalty credit information, comprising: accessing account information for a user's first account with an online gaming service, the user's first account associated with first loyalty credits; accessing account information for a user's second account with a casino management system, the user's second account associated with second loyalty credits; and communicating loyalty credit information for the user between a server providing the online gaming service and machines providing the casino management system, wherein communicating loyalty credit information includes: determining whether first loyalty credits from the user's first account are transferrable to the casino management system, and transmitting a number of first loyalty credits from the user's first account with the online gaming service to the user's second account with the casino management system when it is determined that the first loyalty credits are transferrable to the casino management system, wherein the number of first loyalty credits transmitted is based on available first loyalty credits in the user's first account and user input.