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  • US 8,944,918 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2011
  • Issued: 02/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A casino bonus award distribution method for allocating promotional funds of one or more players into player directed accounts, the method comprising:

  • providing one or more gaming machines, each gaming machine having a primary device for playing a base game and a secondary device having a display and processor for playing bonus games;

    determining distribution rules for allocating promotional funds into the one or more player directed accounts, wherein the distribution rules enable a player to select from amongst choices for that player'"'"'s promotional funds allocation;

    monitoring wagering performed by the player;

    calculating an earned amount of promotional funds based upon the wagering; and

    distributing the earned promotional funds according to the distribution rules that govern the player-selected promotional funds allocation, wherein the player-selection of the promotional funds allocation occurs after wagering by the player, wherein one of the accounts is on a first server and another of the accounts is on a second server;

    wherein the promotional funds enable play of bonus games on the secondary device using the display and processor of the secondary device, wherein the promotional funds enable a player to choose which bonus game to play out of a plurality of bonus games independent of player ranking and bonus level and when to play the chosen bonus game since each of the plurality of bonus games may be immediately initiated on demand, wherein once the player chooses the bonus game to play on demand, the chosen bonus game is immediately presented to the player via the secondary device.

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