Incremental loyalty bonusing system
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1. A system for providing individualized rewards, said system including:
- an access reader retrieving a user-specific identifier from a user and transmitting said user-specific identifier to a user database; and
a user database receiving said user-specific identifier and utilizing said user-specific identifier to access stored user information, said database determining reward information for said user based in part on said user-specific information and providing said reward information to said user.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing an individualized bonus to a gambling player is provided. The player may be bonused based on either initial buyin when the player contributes money to a casino account or the player may be bonused based on the buyin wager for gambling activities. The player may be bonused for wagers on electronic gaming machines or table machine. The system uses a biometric identifier for said player to determine player-specific bonusing information. The bonus percentage applied to the player may be incrementally increased as the player buyin is increased.
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1. A system for providing individualized rewards, said system including:
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an access reader retrieving a user-specific identifier from a user and transmitting said user-specific identifier to a user database; and
a user database receiving said user-specific identifier and utilizing said user-specific identifier to access stored user information, said database determining reward information for said user based in part on said user-specific information and providing said reward information to said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing an individualized bonus to a player, said system including:
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an biometric reader determining a biometric characteristic of a player and transmitting a biometric identifier based on said biometric characteristic to a bonusing application;
a bonusing application receiving said biometric identifier from said biometric reader and transmitting said biometric identifier to a player database; and
a player database including bonus information specific to said player, said player database transmitting said bonus information to said bonusing application in response to said biometric identifier. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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17. A gambling system providing a bonus to an account accessible by a player, said system including:
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an identity verification device determining identifying information for said player;
a bonus requesting device transmitting said identifying information to a bonus database;
a bonus database with bonus information specific to said player, said database transmitting said bonus information to a bonus determination device;
a bonus determination device determining a bonus based in part on said bonus information and transmitting said bonus to a bonus creditor; and
a bonus creditor for crediting said bonus to an account accessible by said player.
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