Methods and systems for facilitating play at a gaming device by means of third party offers
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying, at a gaming device, an occurrence of an event;
causing, in response to the event, an offer to be presented to a player of the gaming device wherein the offer defines a benefit to be provided in exchange for the player'"'"'s commitment to an obligation defined by the offer, and causing the benefit to be provided if an indication of an acceptance of the offer is identified.
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Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present invention an offer is presented to a player (e.g., at a gaming device or a table game in a casino). The offer defines a benefit to be provided in exchange for the player'"'"'s commitment to an obligation defined by the offer. The offer may be provided once it is determined that a condition of a gaming device satisfies a predetermined criterion. The benefit defined by the offer may be provided to the player and/or to one or more associated persons designated by the player.
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85 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying, at a gaming device, an occurrence of an event;
causing, in response to the event, an offer to be presented to a player of the gaming device wherein the offer defines a benefit to be provided in exchange for the player'"'"'s commitment to an obligation defined by the offer, and causing the benefit to be provided if an indication of an acceptance of the offer is identified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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35. A method comprising:
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monitoring gambling activity of a player at a gaming device;
determining that the gambling activity satisfies a predetermined criterion;
causing an offer to be presented to the player, wherein the offer defines a benefit to be provided in exchange for the player'"'"'s commitment to an obligation, and causing the benefit to be provided to the player if an indication of an acceptance of the offer is identified.
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51. A method comprising:
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determining that a condition of a gaming device satisfies a predetermined criterion, wherein the condition is not dependent on what game a player of the gaming device is playing;
causing an offer to be presented to the player, wherein the offer defines a benefit to be provided in exchange for an agreement from the player to perform a specified task; and
causing the benefit to be provided if an indication of an acceptance of the offer is identified. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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69. A method comprising:
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determining a player identifier that identifies a player;
identifying at least one person, other than the player, that is associated with the player identifier;
identifying, at a gaming device at which the player is playing, an occurrence of an event;
causing, in response to the occurrence of the event, an offer to be presented to the player, wherein the offer defines a benefit to be provided to the at least one person in exchange for a commitment from the player to an obligation defined by the offer; and
causing the benefit to be provided to the at least one person if an indication of an acceptance of the offer is received from the player.
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