Patent ID: 8070598

Claim:
A system for tracking an individual's wagering activity before and after said individual has provided information identifying themselves, comprising: (a) a remote site including: a plurality of interactive devices that each engage an individual in an interactive activity and collect wagering information for the individual during the interactive activity; a plurality of RF enclosures, wherein each respective enclosure is coupled to a respective interactive device, and wherein each enclosure includes an RF reader and a display; (b) a plurality of RF transponders, wherein each RF transponder includes a unique identifier; and wherein the RF reader is configured to obtain the unique identifier from one or more of the plurality of RF transponders in proximity to the RF enclosure; (c) a central site, wherein the central site is in at least periodic communication with the remote site; the central site including a management module and a database for storing wagering information; wherein the management module is configured to associate a portable registration form with at least one of the plurality of RF transponders, the registration form comprising one or more open fields labeled to identify requested information and configured to accept insertion of player information including the individual's name from the individual and a transponder identifier, the transponder identifier configured to identify at least one of the plurality of RF transponders; wherein the management module is further configured to subsequently receive the player information from the one or more open fields of the registration form and store the player information in the database; wherein, prior to receiving the player information from the registration form, the database receives and stores the wagering information and the unique identifier of at least one of the plurality of RF transponders from the remote site, the wagering information being stored associated with the unique identifier; and wherein, after receiving the player information from the registration form, the management module stores the player information in the database, the player information being stored associated with previously stored wagering information according to the transponder identifier of the registration form.