SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC GAME PROMOTION

A gaming machine award system, comprising: a plurality of gaming devices coupled over a network; an award server coupled to the network, the award server including non-player 5 specific parameters and the award server configured to implement a procedure for making an award in excess of any award established by a pay table of a gaming device in the network based on the non-player specific parameters, wherein the non-player specific parameters are award types or trigger conditions associated with an unidentified player; a player tracking device configured to determine an identity of a player at a selected 10 gaming device; a player database configured to store player tracking data associated with an identified player; a game play tracker configured to track game play across the network of gaming devices and detect a trigger condition by accessing data on the network, said award server 15 configured to send out a selection signal over the network to the selected gaming device responsive to the detected trigger condition to provide an award at the selected gaming device, in excess of any award established by a pay table of the selected gaming device, wherein the type of award or trigger condition is based on whether the identity of the player is known or not and wherein the non-player specific parameters in the award server are 20 overwritten if there is player tracking data associated with an identified player stored in the player database such that the award or trigger condition is based on the identity of the player; and a printer associated with the selected gaming device, said printer structured to generate printed output indicating said award responsive to receipt of said selection signal, 25 said printer including a first port configured to receive, from game electronics of the selected gaming device, cash data indicative of information to be printed on a voucher and a second port configured to receive said selection signal from said award server for printing of said printed output.