An apparatus and method for cashless gaming wherein a player can select one of
a plurality of operating characteristics or game in accordance with player data
stored in a memory, and be notified a relative ranking during gaming. In this method
player data relating to an attribute or a game of one gaming machine is stored
in a memory ; the player data from the memory can be downloaded to the gaming machine;
the gaming machine is calibrated to provide the operating characteristic or game
in accordance with the downloaded player data; the player then plays the calibrated
gaming machine; and the gaming machine can display an update of the progress of
play of the player, including relative ranking of the player.
