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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2012
Christopher John Thacker, Earlysville, VA (US);
Daniel William Milligan, Palmyra, VA (US);
Ryan Cuddy, Reno, NV (US);
Christopher John Thacker, Earlysville, VA (US);
Daniel William Milligan, Palmyra, VA (US);
Ryan Cuddy, Reno, NV (US);
Video Gaming Technologies, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for use in providing a random reward associated with at least one play-for-fun application are disclosed. One exemplary method includes crediting, at the gaming server, gaming activity directed to a play-for-fun application by a player to a player tracking account, issuing at least one coupon associated with a random reward based on at least the gaming activity credited to the player tracking account, tracking, at the gaming server, redemption of the at least one coupon, and awarding the random reward when the coupon is redeemed at a gaming machine in accordance with at least one trigger condition.