Patent ID: 8876595

Claim:
A system adapted to facilitate the tracking of information related to security events in a gaming environment, comprising: a plurality of gaming machines, each having a master gaming controller adapted to execute or control one or more aspects of a wager-based game, a communication interface adapted to facilitate communications between the gaming machine and an external remote server, and an electronic tracking device adapted to detect wirelessly identifying information from one or more portable electronic devices proximate to the gaming machine with respect to the occurrence of a security event at or near the gaming machine; a database adapted to store a plurality of informational files regarding security events and detected portable electronic devices associated therewith that are detected by said plurality of gaming machines; and a security event tracking server in communication with the plurality of gaming machines and the database, said security event tracking server including a processor, a memory and a network interface, wherein the processor is configured to: receive information regarding a security event and identifying information regarding one or more portable electronic devices from one or more of said plurality of gaming machines, associate the security event with the portable electronic device identifying information, and store the associated security event and portable electronic device identifying information to the database.