Player Club Ladder Method For Casino Gaming

A method for operating a player club ladder, comprising:

• grouping players from a main group into sub-groups;
• announcing a challenge period and a roster of participating players to the players in the same sub-group;
• initiating the challenge period;
• tracking game play data created by participating players at a casino gaming device during the challenge period;
• converting game play data into a normalized score to substantially equalize differences resulting from base games that have differing sets of parameters;
• ranking participating players within each sub-group based on the normalized score;
• updating participating player rankings in real-time;
• sending participating player rankings to players in the same sub-group during the challenge period;
• and
• concluding the challenge period.

A method for operating a player club ladder, comprising:

• storing in memory a main group of players;
• grouping the main group of players into sub-groups and storing in memory each sub-group;
• setting a challenge period;
• initiating the challenge period;
• tracking game play data created by players in each sub-group at a casino gaming device during the challenge period;
• converting game play data into a score;
• ranking players within the same sub-group based on the scores;
• updating the rankings of players within the same sub-group in real-time;
• sending players within the same sub-group updated rankings during the challenge period;
• and
• concluding the challenge period.