1. An electrical connector for connection of a flat-type connection member comprising:
an insulative housing having an opening;
a first and a second contact retained by the housing in a manner to face into the opening; and
a synthetic-resin cover pivotally movable about a predetermined axis between an open position and a close position to press the connection member against the contacts,
the housing having a first and a second fixing hole for fixing the first and second contacts therein, respectively, the first and second fixing holes extended from a rear side of the housing to the opening thereof,
the first and second contacts press-inserted from the rear side of the housing into the corresponding fixing holes,
the first and second contacts each including a lead exposed from the rear side of the housing, the leads of the first and second contacts arranged in a zigzag fashion as alternately shifted forwardly and rearwardly relative to each other.
2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second contacts each include a body portion fixed in each corresponding fixing hole and wherein the body portions of the first and second contacts are each provided with a locking projection locked to each corresponding fixing hole.
3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first and second contacts each include a fixing piece and resilient piece extended forwardly from the body portion thereof and vertically confronting each other.
4. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second contacts each include a contact portion for establishing contact with the connection member inserted in the opening, and wherein the contact portions of the first and second contacts are arranged in a zigzag fashion as alternately shifted forwardly and rearwardly relative to each other.
5. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
a pair of shafts disposed at a pair of sides of the cover, respectively, and extended along the axis; and
a pair of support portions disposed a the housing for supporting the pair of shafts, respectively, in a manner to allow for the pivotal movement of the shafts and the slidable movement thereof between a forward position and a rearward position.
6. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein when the pair of shafts are at the forward position and the cover is in the open position, formed above the contact portions of the first and second contacts is a connection-member insertion space having a height equal to or greater than a thickness of the connection member.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
I claim:
1. A method of awarding players credits in response to their gaming activity, wherein the credits can be redeemed for goods and services, the method comprising:
awarding base credits to the player by applying a base credit rate to an amount of a player’s betting on a casino game; and
awarding bonus credits to the player by applying a bonus credit rate to the player’s theoretical win for a gaming period during which the player’s betting occurred.
2. A method of awarding players credits in response to their gaming activity, wherein the credits can be redeemed for goods and services, the method comprising:
awarding base credits to the player using a base credit that is known to the player, and is applied to an amount of a player’s betting on a casino game;
and
awarding bonus credits to the player using a bonus credit rate that is not known to the player, by applying the bonus credit rate to the player’s theoretical win for a gaming period during which the player’s betting occurred.
3. A method of awarding players credits in response to their gaming activity, wherein the credits can be redeemed for goods and services, the method comprising:
awarding base credits to the player by applying a base credit rate to an amount of a player’s betting on a casino game; and
awarding bonus credits to the player by applying a property specific bonus credit rate to the player’s theoretical win for a gaming period during which the player’s betting occurred, where the bonus credit rate varies in response to the player’s theoretical win for the gaming period.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the bonus credit rate is based on the player’s accumulated theoretical win for a predetermined time interval.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the bonus credit rate selectively increases as the player’s accumulated theoretical win increases during the gaming period.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the bonus credit rate is based on the player’s accumulated theoretical win during a casino day that is different from a calendar day.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the bonus credit rate is determined based on the property at which the betting occurred, where at least two different properties have different bonus credit rates.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein awarding bonus credits further comprises: determining a total number of bonus credits as a product of the bonus credit rate and the player’s accumulated theoretical win for the gaming period.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein awarding bonus credits comprises: determining a total number of bonus credits as the product of the bonus credit rate and the player’s accumulated total theoretical win for the gaming period; determining a total number of base credits awarded; and awarding bonus credits equal to the difference between the total number of bonus credits and the total number of based credits awarded.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining a player’s tier score in a player tracking program having a plurality of tiers as a function of accumulated base reward credits.
11. The method of claim 1, further comprising: allowing an employee of a casino to manually award a number of base reward credits to the player, independently of the player’s betting.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising: allowing an employee of a casino to manually award a number of base reward credits to the player, independently of the player’s betting; and determining a player’s tier score in a player tracking program having a plurality of tiers as a function of accumulated base reward credits, including any manually awarded base reward credits.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the casino game is a table game and the base credit rate is a function of the theoretical win for the table game and a reinvestment rate associated with the theoretical win.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the casino game is a table game and the base credit rate is a function of the theoretical win for the table game and a reinvestment rate associated with the theoretical win, and determined by the property at which the table game is located.
15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
awarding bonus reward credits to a player as a function of purchases made by the player with a third party.
16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
storing reward credits in an account associated with the player; and
expiring reward credits in the account if an amount of time since the last reward credit was awarded exceeds a predetermined amount of time.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein expiring the reward credits is limited to base reward credits.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein expiring the reward credits is limited to bonus reward credits.
19. The method of claim 1, further comprising: allowing the player to redeem any number of reward credits in the player’s account at any property associated with the casino.
20. The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing to a player a promotional offer including a number of promotional bonus reward credits and identifying a property at which the promotional bonus reward credits can be received; and automatically depositing the number of promotional bonus reward credits into an account of the player in response to a first time the player initiates a gaming session at the identified property.
21. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining whether the player is restricted from gaming; and responsive to the player being restricted from gaming, reducing the number of reward credits in the player’s account to zero.
22. The method of claim 1, wherein all reward credits awarded have a predetermined and fixed accounting value that is independent of the property at which the reward credit is earned by a player.
23. The method of claim 1, wherein all reward credits awarded have a predetermined and fixed redeemable cash value that is independent of the property at which the reward credit is earned by a player.
24. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
displaying in real time to the player the number of base reward credits earned by the player from the player’s betting.
25. The method of claim 1, wherein awarding base reward credits and bonus reward credits further comprises:
posting the base reward credits and the bonus reward credits into an account of the player in response to the player terminating a gaming session.
26. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
displaying to the player in real time a count of a number of coins to be bet for the player to earn an additional base reward credit.
27. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
displaying to the player in real time a count of a number of coins to be bet for the player to earn an additional base reward credit; and a current number of base reward credits earned by the player during a current gaming session.
28. The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying, in real time and during a first gaming session by a player at a property, a count of a number of coins to be bet for the player to earn an additional base reward credit; and a current number of base reward credit earned by the player during a current gaming session; responsive to the player terminating the first gaming session, posting bonus reward credits to an account of the player; and displaying in response to initiation of a second gaming session by the player at the property the number of base reward credits and bonus reward credits awarded to the player during the first gaming session.
29. The method of claim 1, further comprising: posting to an account of the player during a current trip of the player to a casino property additional comp value based on an average theoretical win of the player over a plurality of visits to one or more properties; and expiring the additional comp value from the player’s account if the comps are not redeemed by the player during the current trip.
30. A method of awarding players with credits in response to their gaming activity at any of a plurality of properties, wherein the credits can be redeemed for goods and services, the method comprising: awarding base credits to the player using a base credit rate proportional to an amount of a player’s betting on a casino game; and awarding bonus credits to the player using a bonus credit rate based on the property at which the player’s betting occurred, wherein there are at least two properties, each having a different bonus credit rate.
31. A method of awarding players with credits in response to their gaming activity at any of a plurality of properties, wherein the credits can be redeemed for goods and services, the method comprising:
automatically awarding base credits to player using a base credit rate proportional to an amount of a player’s betting on a casino game; and
automatically awarding bonus credits to the player based on the player’s theoretical win for the casino game and at least one of a property specific reinvestment rate for the property at which the player’s betting occurred and a reinvestment rate associated with the player’s theoretical win, wherein there are at least two properties, each having a different bonus credit rate.
32. A method of awarding players with credits in response to their gaming activity, wherein the credits can be redeemed for goods and services, the method comprising:
automatically awarding base credits to player in proportion to an amount of a player’s betting on a casino game; and
automatically awarding bonus credits to the player based on the player’s theoretical win for the casino game and reinvestment rate based on the property at which the player’s betting occurred and the player’s accumulated theoretical win.
33. A system for awarding players with credits in response to their gaming activity, wherein the credits can be redeemed for goods and services, the system comprising: a slot management system communicatively coupled to receive gaming activity data for a player’s gaming session at a gaming machine, the activity data including an amount of coin-in by a player and hold data describing the hold percentage of the gaming machine; and a casino management system communicatively coupled to receive the coin-in data, the hold data, and player tracking data from the slot management system, and to determine a number of base credits earned by the play by applying a base credit rate to the amount of coin-in, and to determine a number of bonus credits earned by the player by applying a bonus credit rate to a theoretical win measure for a gaming period including the gaming session.