The present invention provides a system and method for an improved player
tracking in a gaming environment. Certain embodiments include a plurality
of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers for detecting a response
signal from an RFID tag, an RFID tag generating a response signal
including identification data in response to an interrogation signal
transmitted by one of the plurality of RFID readers, and a location
manager controlling transmission by the plurality of RFID readers
according to at least one collision-avoidance scheme. The
collision-avoidance scheme may include one or more of the following
schemes: localized RFID reader managers coordinating electrical operation
of the plurality of RFID readers, an active RFID reader transmitting the
interrogation signal and a plurality of passive RFID readers listening
for the response signal, an RFID reader multiplexed through a plurality
of antennas, TDMA, CDMA, and/or quasi-random synchronization for the RFID
readers, for example.