System and method for facilitating casino team play

Abstract

A method is disclosed for facilitating group play by a team of members associated with a casino slot club. The method includes the steps of identifying the team members, identifying a set of rules designated by the team for rewarding the team members when a payout is due to one of the team members, detecting a payout due to one of the team members, and rewarding the team members in accordance with the set of rules.

1 . A computer-readable medium that stores data accessible by a program, the program being executable on a data processing system, the data being organized according to a data structure that includes 
 a first data object defining a set of players that are associated with each other independent of any gaming devices played by the players; and    a second data object defining at least one predetermined rule for determining how to provide a reward to the set of players when a payout is obtained by one of the set of players.    
   
   
       2 . A computer-readable medium that stores data accessible by a program, the program being executable on a data processing system, the data being organized according to a data structure that includes 
 a first data object defining a first player;    a second data object defining a second player associated with the first player independent of gaming devices played by the first player and the second player; and    a third data object defining at least one predetermined rule for determining when to provide a reward to one of the first player and the second player when a payout is obtained by the other of the first player and the second player.