Casino management system with anonymous player bonusing

A casino management server for use in gaming system including a plurality of gaming machines, each gaming machine including a display device and a gaming controller configured to display a game to a player via the display device and establish a gaming credit meter for use in placing wagers on the game by the player, the casino management server comprising:

• a memory device configured to store a plurality of carded player accounts and a plurality of un-carded anonymous player wagering sessions;
• and
• a processor coupled to the plurality of gaming machines for implementing a bonus award feature, the processor programmed to execute an algorithm including:
• initiate a bonus award feature and identify gaming machines associated with the bonus award feature;
• determine a bonus award associated with the bonus award feature, the bonus award including a first award value associated with a carded player account and a second award value associated with a un-carded anonymous player wagering session, the first award value being greater than the second award value;
• select gaming machines having gaming sessions associated with un-carded anonymous player wagering session;
• display, on each selected gaming machine, a message notifying the player of the first award value associated with a carded player account and the second award value associated with a un-carded anonymous player wagering session;
• and
• download the second award value to a corresponding gaming credit meter of each selected gaming machine associated with un-carded anonymous player wagering session.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to implement a bonus award feature by performing the algorithm steps of:

• initiating the bonus award feature and identify gaming machines associated with the bonus award feature;
• determining a bonus award associated with the bonus award feature, the bonus award including a first award value associated with a carded player account and a second award value associated with an un-carded anonymous player wagering session, the first award value being greater than the second award value;
• selecting gaming machines having gaming sessions associated with un-carded anonymous player wagering sessions;
• displaying, on each selected gaming machine, a message notifying the player of the first award value associated with a carded player account and the second award value associated with a un-carded anonymous player wagering session;
• and
• downloading the second award value to a corresponding gaming credit meter of each selected gaming machine associated with un-carded anonymous player wagering sessions.