Patent ID: 8057297

Claim:
A user control station operable with a networked gaming system, the networked gaming system including a reward server with an executable player-centric rewards program; the user control station including an editor program operable to edit settings of the player-centric rewards program; a display viewable by a user; and a user input device; the display operable to display one or more editable settings of the player-centric rewards program; the editable settings including a player reward status setting, one or more denomination settings, one or more count limit settings, and one or more player reward settings, the player reward status setting indicating player rewards availability on the networked gaming system, the denomination settings indicating the wagering denominations for which player rewards are available, the count limit settings and player reward settings being associable with each of the denomination settings; the user input device operable to accept user input changing the editable settings, the display operable to display an update of the editable settings; the user control station operable to submit the update to the rewards server causing the executable player-centric rewards program to be updated; the editable settings including one or more player rating settings associable with each of the denomination settings, each of the player ratings being determined by a requisite level of playing history, the count limit settings and player reward settings being adjustable with respect to each of the denomination and associated player rating settings; the user control station including an executable password protection program; upon entry of an initiating input, the display presenting a request from the password protection program for entry of an authorized user name and a corresponding password; the user input device operable to receive input of the authorized user name and corresponding password from the user and transmit the response to the request; after determination that the user information is authorized, the display presenting a prompt enabling the user to engage the editor program.