Gaming machine with loyalty bonus reward system

摘要

A gaming console has a display means, player input means, loyalty points accumulating means and control means arranged to control images displayed on the display means in response to player inputs and game outcomes of games run on the console by the player and to award loyalty points to the player which are recorded as a loyalty points value. The console is arranged to operate in at least two modes including a first normal mode and a second loyalty enhanced mode. The second loyalty enhanced mode is made available only to players who have established a loyalty points value greater than or equal to a predetermined level of loyalty points whereas the first mode is available to all players who have not established a loyalty points value greater than or equal to a predetermined level of loyalty points. The second mode differs from the first mode in that the instances of the game being played while the console is operating in the second mode are provided with enhanced or additional game features with regard to the features of the first mode and on each occasion that a game is played while the console is operating in the second mode the current value of the loyalty points held by the player is decreased by the predetermined value.