Promotion administration system and method
AssigneeCork Group Trading Ltd.
InventorsDevan Govender, Francesco Verardi
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Abstract
A system for administering promotions in which a player is awarded promotion credit to be consumed in wagering activities includes a credit administration facility that maintains a player credit account, and a display means capable of displaying a composition of the player credit account on a display means. The promotion credit is either one or both of a priori and a posteriori promotion credit. The credit administration facility automatically determines the composition of the player credit account as a function of any credit purchases made by the player, wagers made by the player and their corresponding payouts, and any promotion credit awarded to the player.
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A method for maintaining a credit account for a player, the credit account including a total balance and a non-cashable balance, wherein the player is able to use credits in the credit account to make wagers on at least one game of chance, and wherein the player uses a client computer in communication with a gaming server via a communication network to play the at least one game of chance, the method comprising:
- a credit administration facility increasing the total balance and the non-cashable balance by an amount of a priori promotion credit awarded to the player, the amount of a priori promotion credit being associated with a play-through-required amount;
- the credit administration facility calculating a play-through-achieved amount based on any wagers made by the player on the at least one game of chance;
- the credit administration facility comparing the play-through-achieved amount to the play-through-required amount;
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- in response to a determination that the play-though-achieved amount is greater than or equal to the play-through-required amount, the credit administration facility calculating a cashable portion of the non-cashable balance, calculating a remaining non-cashable balance by decreasing the non-cashable balance by the cashable portion, and calculating a cashable balance for the player as a difference between the total balance and the remaining non-cashable balance.
A system for maintaining a credit account for a player, the credit account including a total balance and a non-cashable balance, wherein the player is able to use credits in the credit account to make wagers on at least one game of chance, the system comprising:
- a credit administration facility configured to:
- (a) increase the total balance and the non-cashable balance by an amount of a priori promotion credit awarded to the player, the amount of a priori promotion credit being associated with a play-through-required amount;
- (b) calculate a play-through-achieved amount based on any wagers made by the player on the at least one game of chance;
- (c) compare the play-through-achieved amount to the play-through-required amount;
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- (d) in response to a determination that the play-though-achieved amount is greater than or equal to the play-through-required amount, calculate a cashable portion of the non-cashable balance, calculate a remaining non-cashable balance by decreasing the non-cashable balance by the cashable portion, and calculate a cashable balance for the player as a difference between the total balance and the remaining non-cashable balance.
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