Player loyalty system with rapid tap gaming interface

A method for controlling operation of a player loyalty kiosk, the method including:

• responsive to a game launch input entered through a user interface of the player loyalty kiosk, causing a display system of the player loyalty kiosk to display a gaming interface including an animated game effect in a first area of the display system with one or more moving elements;
• responsive to a player input, adjusting a player input rate measurement based on a rate of player inputs over time;
• and
• adjusting a velocity of a first one of the moving elements based on the player rate input measurement and adjusting a conclusion of the animated game effect based at least in part on the movement of said adjusted moving element.

One or more tangible non-transitory computer readable media holding a program product for controlling operation of a player loyalty system including a player loyalty kiosk, the program product comprising machine readable instructions executable by a processing system for:

• responsive to a game launch input entered through a user interface of the player loyalty kiosk, causing a display system of the player loyalty kiosk to display a gaming interface including an animated game effect in a first area of the display system with one or more moving elements;
• responsive to a player input, adjusting a player input rate measurement based on a rate of player inputs over time;
• and
• adjusting a velocity of a first one of the moving elements based on the player rate input measurement and adjusting a conclusion of the animated game effect based at least in part on the movement of said adjusted moving element.