发明名称 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PLAYER INCENTIVES
摘要 A system and method is provided for incentivizing players to visit a gambling location. In one aspect, a qualified person is invited to play an electronic game which has a plurality of outcomes, at least one of which is a winning outcome. One aspect relates to accumulating outcomes. Another relates to incentives provided to player program member(s). In some embodiments, the person does not need to be qualified. In one embodiment, the person may be required to redeem the outcome at the gambling location, in another at a redemption location. In one embodiment, a player is required to take an action in order to redeem an outcome. In some embodiments, game play and/or redemption and/or any action must occur in a specified time, respectively. In one embodiment the electronic game is not located at a gambling location, in another it is not located at a redemption location. According to another aspect, redemption systems and methods are provided for facilitating determination and validation of bonus awards by a bonus game operator. According to one embodiment, processing of redemption occurs at a gambling location using equipment connected to a bonus game operator, that retrieves awards corresponding to player entries.
申请公布号 US2010029376(A1) 申请公布日期 2010.02.04
申请号 US20090433435 申请日期 2009.04.30
申请人 HARDY DOW;HERRMANN MARK E;SHORT NATHAN;KOVACS PETER D 发明人 HARDY DOW;HERRMANN MARK E.;SHORT NATHAN;KOVACS PETER D.
分类号 A63F9/24 主分类号 A63F9/24
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