Player Club Ladder System For Casino Gaming

A casino player club gaming system, comprising:

• a plurality of gaming devices each having a monetary input device, each gaming device enabling play of a base game and participation in a player club event;
• a plurality of game monitoring units associated with the plurality of gaming devices, wherein each game monitoring unit monitors corresponding base game play data;
• a plurality of player tracking devices, wherein each player tracking device is associated with a corresponding gaming machine;
• and
• a player club module in communication with the plurality of casino gaming devices and the plurality of player tracking devices, the player club module storing in a memory a database of player club participating players to place the participating players into sub-groups;
• wherein the player club module converts each gaming device base game play data into a normalized player club score to substantially equalize differences resulting from the base games having differing sets of parameters;
• and
• wherein the players in the same sub-group only compete with others in the same sub-group.

A casino player club gaming system, comprising:

• a plurality of gaming machines, each enabling play of a base game-of-chance;
• a plurality of player tracking user interfaces embedded within each gaming machine;
• a player club module in communication with the gaming machines and the player tracking user interfaces, the player club module having a memory for storing a main group of player club participating players;
• the player club module having a processor for grouping player club participating players into sub-groups, wherein the memory of the player club module stores each sub-group of participating players;
• the player club module is associated with a server for informing each player club participating player of other participating players placed within the same sub-group;
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• wherein prizes are awarded to player club participants based on the rankings within each sub-group.