System and method for facilitating casino team play

A method of facilitating game play by members of a team, comprising the steps of:

• identifying a team member;
• identifying a team with which said team member is associated;
• identifying a rule set governing allocation of bonuses to the team when a payout is due to the team member, wherein identifying a rule set includes identifying an activity multiplier associated with the team;
• receiving a signal indicating that a payout is due to the team member;
• evaluating the rule set based in part on the payout to facilitate allocation of bonuses;
• and
• allocating bonuses to the team in accordance with the rule set.

A method of facilitating game play by members of a team associated with a casino comprising the steps of:

• registering a team with a casino;
• registering the members of the team with the casino;
• and
• designating at least one rule for facilitating the distribution of bonuses amongst the members of the team when a particular member of the team receives a payout from a gaming device in the casino, including generating a team plan in a team plans database.

A system for facilitating game play by a team of members, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory connected to the processor storing a program to control the operation of the processor;
• the processor operative with the program in the memory to:
• identify the members of the team;
• identify at least one predetermined rule for rewarding the members of the team when a payout is due to a game-playing team member;
• identify an activity multiplier designated by the team;
• detect a payout due to a game-playing team member;
• and
• reward the members of the team in accordance with the at least one predetermined rule.

A system for facilitating game play by a team of members associated with a casino slot club comprising:

• a) a memory storage device containing,
• i) a player database including a player record for each member of the club, each player record having at least a player identifier and a team identifier indicating the team with which a player is associated,
• ii) a teams database including a team record for each team associated with the club, each team record having at least a player identifier identifying each member of the team, a team identifier and a team plan identifier, and
• iii) a team plan database including a team plan record for each team, each team plan record having at least the team plan identifier associated therewith and a rule set for facilitating the allocation of rewards to the members of the team when a payout is due to a particular team member;
• and
• b) a processor in communication with the memory storage device, said processor adapted and configured to,
• i) receive a first player identifier from a gaming machine, the first player identifier corresponding to a first team member,
• ii) receive a signal from said gaming machine indicating a payout is due to the first team member,
• iii) retrieve a first player record from the player database based upon the first player identifier,
• iv) determine a first team identifier from the first player record,
• v) retrieve a first team record from the team database based upon the first team identifier,
• vi) determine a first team plan identifier from the first team record,
• vii) retrieve a first team plan record from the team plan database based upon the first team plan identifier,
• viii) determine a first rule set from the first team plan record,
• ix) evaluate the first rule set based at least upon the payout, and
• xi) distribute a reward to each team member identified in the first team record in accordance with the first rule set.

A computer-readable storage medium encoded with processing instructions for implementing a method of facilitating game play by a team of members, the processing instructions for directing a computer to:

• identify the members of the team;
• identify at least one predetermined rule for rewarding the members of the team when a payout is due to a game-playing team member, wherein identifying at least one predetermined rule includes identifying an activity multiplier associated with the team;
• detect a payout due to a game-playing team member;
• and
• reward the members of the team in accordance with the at least one predetermined rule.