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A system and method is set forth for tracking the play of players playing gaming devices such as slot machines through passive identification of the players. Passive identification can be achieved by analysis of a player, such as facial image photography, infrared scan, scans of a player's iris or o

A system and method is set forth for tracking the play of players playing gaming devices such as slot machines through passive identification of the players. Passive identification can be achieved by analysis of a player, such as facial image photography, infrared scan, scans of a player's iris or other features of the eye, and the like. Players provide identification information and physical recognition data is acquired as by a digital or video camera. For each player an account file and a file of the image data is stored. When the player plays the slot machine, a camera scans the player and acquires image data which is compared to stored data to identify the player. The identified player's account file is opened and data from the device representing parameters of play, e.g. amounts wagered, is allocated to the identified player's account file for the purpose of providing comps and other benefits to the player. Doe image data and account files can be stored to allocate parameters for unidentified players. Further the device acquired image data can be compared with stored image data to identify undesirables such as slot cheats or the like.

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[ I claim:] [1.]1. A method for tracking selected parameters of play of a player playing a wagering game comprising:inputting and storing reference informational data from each player including player identification data and matching physical identification image data into memory of a data processor

[ I claim:] [1.]1. A method for tracking selected parameters of play of a player playing a wagering game comprising:inputting and storing reference informational data from each player including player identification data and matching physical identification image data into memory of a data processor to form a library of files of identified players and their corresponding physical identification image data;during play of the game scanning the player thereof to acquire image data of the player;transmitting said acquired image data to said data processor;providing data to the data processor identifying the game played by the player;said data processor matching the received image data to the data identifying the game being played by the player;said data processor comparing said received acquired image data to said identification data of said library to determine if acquired image data corresponds to said stored identification data to identify the player;if said received acquired image data corresponds to the identification data of a player of said library, said data processor storing in the memory of the player's file the game identification data and the corresponding player identification to match the identified player to an identified game;if the acquired image data does not correspond to the identification data of a player of said library, said data processor creating a doe memory file and storing in the doe memory file the acquired image data and game identification data; andsending at least one parameter of play of the identified game to said data processor, said data processor matching the parameter to the player's file to store parameter of play data allocated to the player playing the game.