System and Method for Queuing Players of Casino Games for Rebates

A system for queuing players of casino games for rebates, comprising:

• a player end having at least one debit account and one credit account for each of said players;
• a gaming terminal having an electronic gaming interface and a card reading device,
• wherein said card reading device is coupled to said electronic gaming interface and in communication with said debit account and said credit account at said player end to identify said players;
• a game server having a cache unit, an invoice generating unit, and a communication unit,
• wherein said cache unit is in communication with said card reading device and said electronic gaming interface to temporary store game play data of an identified player,
• said invoice generating unit is coupled to said cache unit to generate an invoice associated with said identified player and said game play data once a predetermined duration of recording time is reached, and
• said communication unit is coupled to said invoice generating unit to receive and deliver said invoice;
• a rebate queue management server having an extraction unit, an enqueuing credit calculation unit, a division unit, a queue unit, a rebate number calculation unit, a fee calculation unit, and a rebate unit,
• wherein said extraction unit is in communication with said communication unit to extract information provided contained in said invoice,
• said enqueuing credit calculation unit is coupled to said extraction unit to determine if said invoice qualifies for a rebate and to calculate an amount of credit to be enqueued based on game results and a discount rate extracted from said invoice,
• said division unit is coupled to said enqueuing credit calculation unit to divide said amount of credit to be enqueued according to the decimal number system into a plurality of values,
• said queue unit is coupled to said division unit to add a new queue number to each of a plurality of rebate queues related to said values and assign said new queue number to said invoice,
• said rebate number calculation unit is coupled to said queue unit to calculate a current rebate number upon the entrance of said new queue number into said rebate queue,
• said fee calculation unit is coupled to said extraction unit and said rebate number calculation unit to determine an amount of rebate credit to be released to said identified player based on one of said values and a cycle number and a transaction fee rate extracted from said invoice, and
• said rebate unit is coupled to said fee calculation unit and in communication with said credit account at said player end to transfer said amount of rebate credit into said credit account of said identified player.