diff --git a/database/migrations/structure/20210503_1040_user_played_place.sql b/database/migrations/structure/20210503_1040_user_played_place.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afe60b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/structure/20210503_1040_user_played_place.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+CREATE TABLE `user_played_place` (
+    `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    `user_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
+    `place_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
+    `last_time` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    `occurrences` int(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
+    PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
+    KEY `user_id` (`user_id`),
+    KEY `place_id` (`place_id`),
+    CONSTRAINT `user_played_place_user_id` FOREIGN KEY (`user_id`) REFERENCES `users` (`id`),
+    CONSTRAINT `user_played_place_place_id` FOREIGN KEY (`place_id`) REFERENCES `places` (`id`)
+) ENGINE = InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8mb4;
diff --git a/src/Cli/MaintainDatabaseCommand.php b/src/Cli/MaintainDatabaseCommand.php
index b622204..e893c71 100644
--- a/src/Cli/MaintainDatabaseCommand.php
+++ b/src/Cli/MaintainDatabaseCommand.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use MapGuesser\PersistentData\PersistentDataManager;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\MultiRoomRepository;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\UserConfirmationRepository;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\UserPasswordResetterRepository;
+use MapGuesser\Repository\UserPlayedPlaceRepository;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\UserRepository;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ class MaintainDatabaseCommand extends Command
 
     private MultiRoomRepository $multiRoomRepository;
 
+    private UserPlayedPlaceRepository $userPlayedPlaceRepository;
+
     public function __construct()
     {
         parent::__construct();
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ class MaintainDatabaseCommand extends Command
         $this->userConfirmationRepository = new UserConfirmationRepository();
         $this->userPasswordResetterRepository = new UserPasswordResetterRepository();
         $this->multiRoomRepository = new MultiRoomRepository();
+        $this->userPlayedPlaceRepository = new UserPlayedPlaceRepository();
     }
 
     public function configure(): void
@@ -81,6 +85,10 @@ class MaintainDatabaseCommand extends Command
                 $this->pdm->deleteFromDb($userPasswordResetter);
             }
 
+            foreach ($this->userPlayedPlaceRepository->getAllByUser($user) as $userPlayedPlace) {
+                $this->pdm->deleteFromDb($userPlayedPlace);
+            }
+
             $this->pdm->deleteFromDb($user);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Controller/GameFlowController.php b/src/Controller/GameFlowController.php
index cca90c1..eba2a48 100644
--- a/src/Controller/GameFlowController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/GameFlowController.php
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ use MapGuesser\Response\JsonContent;
 use MapGuesser\Interfaces\Response\IContent;
 use MapGuesser\Multi\MultiConnector;
 use MapGuesser\PersistentData\PersistentDataManager;
+use MapGuesser\PersistentData\Model\UserPlayedPlace;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\MultiRoomRepository;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\PlaceRepository;
+use MapGuesser\Repository\UserPlayedPlaceRepository;
 
 class GameFlowController
 {
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ class GameFlowController
 
     private PlaceRepository $placeRepository;
 
+    private UserPlayedPlaceRepository $userPlayedPlaceRepository;
+
     public function __construct(IRequest $request)
     {
         $this->request = $request;
@@ -32,6 +36,7 @@ class GameFlowController
         $this->multiConnector = new MultiConnector();
         $this->multiRoomRepository = new MultiRoomRepository();
         $this->placeRepository = new PlaceRepository();
+        $this->userPlayedPlaceRepository = new UserPlayedPlaceRepository();
     }
 
     public function initialData(): IContent
@@ -145,9 +150,32 @@ class GameFlowController
 
         $session->set('state', $state);
 
+        $this->saveVisit($last);
+
         return new JsonContent($response);
     }
 
+    // save the selected place for the round in UserPlayedPlace
+    private function saveVisit($last): void
+    {
+        $session = $this->request->session();
+        $userId = $session->get('userId');
+
+        if(isset($userId)) {
+            $placeId = $last['placeId'];
+            $userPlayedPlace = $this->userPlayedPlaceRepository->getByUserIdAndPlaceId($userId, $placeId);
+            if(!$userPlayedPlace) {
+                $userPlayedPlace = new UserPlayedPlace();
+                $userPlayedPlace->setUserId($userId);
+                $userPlayedPlace->setPlaceId($placeId);
+            } else {
+                $userPlayedPlace->incrementOccurrences();
+            }
+            $userPlayedPlace->setLastTimeDate(new DateTime());
+            $this->pdm->saveToDb($userPlayedPlace);
+        }
+    }
+
     public function multiGuess(): IContent
     {
         $roomId = $this->request->query('roomId');
@@ -224,7 +252,10 @@ class GameFlowController
 
     private function startNewGame(array &$state, int $mapId): void
     {
-        $places = $this->placeRepository->getRandomNForMapWithValidPano($mapId, static::NUMBER_OF_ROUNDS);
+        $session = $this->request->session();
+        $userId = $session->get('userId');
+
+        $places = $this->placeRepository->getRandomNPlaces($mapId, static::NUMBER_OF_ROUNDS, $userId);
 
         $state['rounds'] = [];
         $state['currentRound'] = 0;
diff --git a/src/Controller/LoginController.php b/src/Controller/LoginController.php
index e54d44a..4f85983 100644
--- a/src/Controller/LoginController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/LoginController.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use MapGuesser\PersistentData\Model\UserPasswordResetter;
 use MapGuesser\PersistentData\PersistentDataManager;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\UserConfirmationRepository;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\UserPasswordResetterRepository;
+use MapGuesser\Repository\UserPlayedPlaceRepository;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\UserRepository;
 use MapGuesser\Response\HtmlContent;
 use MapGuesser\Response\JsonContent;
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ class LoginController
 
     private UserPasswordResetterRepository $userPasswordResetterRepository;
 
+    private UserPlayedPlaceRepository $userPlayedPlaceRepository;
+
     public function __construct(IRequest $request)
     {
         $this->request = $request;
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ class LoginController
         $this->userRepository = new UserRepository();
         $this->userConfirmationRepository = new UserConfirmationRepository();
         $this->userPasswordResetterRepository = new UserPasswordResetterRepository();
+        $this->userPlayedPlaceRepository = new UserPlayedPlaceRepository();
     }
 
     public function getLoginForm()
@@ -430,6 +434,10 @@ class LoginController
 
         $user = $this->userRepository->getById($confirmation->getUserId());
 
+        foreach ($this->userPlayedPlaceRepository->getAllByUser($user) as $userPlayedPlace) {
+            $this->pdm->deleteFromDb($userPlayedPlace);
+        }
+
         $this->pdm->deleteFromDb($user);
 
         \Container::$dbConnection->commit();
diff --git a/src/Controller/MapAdminController.php b/src/Controller/MapAdminController.php
index add5232..12b260a 100644
--- a/src/Controller/MapAdminController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/MapAdminController.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use MapGuesser\PersistentData\Model\Place;
 use MapGuesser\PersistentData\PersistentDataManager;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\MapRepository;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\PlaceRepository;
+use MapGuesser\Repository\UserPlayedPlaceRepository;
 use MapGuesser\Response\HtmlContent;
 use MapGuesser\Response\JsonContent;
 use MapGuesser\Util\Geo\Bounds;
@@ -27,12 +28,15 @@ class MapAdminController implements ISecured
 
     private PlaceRepository $placeRepository;
 
+    private UserPlayedPlaceRepository $userPlayedPlaceRepository;
+
     public function __construct(IRequest $request)
     {
         $this->request = $request;
         $this->pdm = new PersistentDataManager();
         $this->mapRepository = new MapRepository();
         $this->placeRepository = new PlaceRepository();
+        $this->userPlayedPlaceRepository = new UserPlayedPlaceRepository();
     }
 
     public function authorize(): bool
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ class MapAdminController implements ISecured
 
                 $place = $this->placeRepository->getById((int) $placeRaw['id']);
 
-                $this->pdm->deleteFromDb($place);
+                $this->deletePlace($place);
             }
         }
 
@@ -178,10 +182,19 @@ class MapAdminController implements ISecured
         return new JsonContent(['success' => true]);
     }
 
+    private function deletePlace(Place $place): void
+    {
+        foreach ($this->userPlayedPlaceRepository->getAllByPlace($place) as $userPlayedPlace) {
+            $this->pdm->deleteFromDb($userPlayedPlace);
+        }
+
+        $this->pdm->deleteFromDb($place);
+    }
+
     private function deletePlaces(Map $map): void
     {
         foreach ($this->placeRepository->getAllForMap($map) as $place) {
-            $this->pdm->deleteFromDb($place);
+            $this->deletePlace($place);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Controller/UserController.php b/src/Controller/UserController.php
index 805b752..3b0df05 100644
--- a/src/Controller/UserController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/UserController.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use MapGuesser\PersistentData\PersistentDataManager;
 use MapGuesser\PersistentData\Model\User;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\UserConfirmationRepository;
 use MapGuesser\Repository\UserPasswordResetterRepository;
+use MapGuesser\Repository\UserPlayedPlaceRepository;
 use MapGuesser\Response\HtmlContent;
 use MapGuesser\Response\JsonContent;
 use MapGuesser\Response\Redirect;
@@ -26,12 +27,15 @@ class UserController implements ISecured
 
     private UserPasswordResetterRepository $userPasswordResetterRepository;
 
+    private UserPlayedPlaceRepository $userPlayedPlaceRepository;
+
     public function __construct(IRequest $request)
     {
         $this->request = $request;
         $this->pdm = new PersistentDataManager();
         $this->userConfirmationRepository = new UserConfirmationRepository();
         $this->userPasswordResetterRepository = new UserPasswordResetterRepository();
+        $this->userPlayedPlaceRepository = new UserPlayedPlaceRepository();
     }
 
     public function authorize(): bool
@@ -201,6 +205,10 @@ class UserController implements ISecured
             $this->pdm->deleteFromDb($userPasswordResetter);
         }
 
+        foreach ($this->userPlayedPlaceRepository->getAllByUser($user) as $userPlayedPlace) {
+            $this->pdm->deleteFromDb($userPlayedPlace);
+        }
+
         $this->pdm->deleteFromDb($user);
 
         \Container::$dbConnection->commit();
diff --git a/src/Database/Query/Select.php b/src/Database/Query/Select.php
index 08a1049..d62bd84 100644
--- a/src/Database/Query/Select.php
+++ b/src/Database/Query/Select.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class Select
 
     const CONDITION_HAVING = 1;
 
+    const DERIVED_TABLE_KEY = 'DERIVED';
+
     private IConnection $connection;
 
     private string $table;
@@ -55,6 +57,11 @@ class Select
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function setDerivedTableAlias(string $tableAlias): Select
+    {
+        return $this->setTableAliases([Select::DERIVED_TABLE_KEY => $tableAlias]);
+    }
+
     public function from(string $table): Select
     {
         $this->table = $table;
@@ -194,6 +201,11 @@ class Select
         }
     }
 
+    private function isDerivedTable(): bool
+    {
+        return array_key_exists(Select::DERIVED_TABLE_KEY, $this->tableAliases);
+    }
+
     private function addJoin(string $type, $table, $column1, string $relation, $column2): void
     {
         $this->joins[] = [$type, $table, $column1, $relation, $column2];
@@ -211,10 +223,14 @@ class Select
 
     private function generateQuery(): array
     {
-        $queryString = 'SELECT ' . $this->generateColumns() . ' FROM ' . $this->generateTable($this->table, true);
+        list($tableQuery, $tableParams) = $this->generateTable($this->table, true);
+        $queryString = 'SELECT ' . $this->generateColumns() . ' FROM ' . $tableQuery;
 
         if (count($this->joins) > 0) {
-            $queryString .= ' ' . $this->generateJoins();
+            list($joinQuery, $joinParams) = $this->generateJoins();
+            $queryString .= ' ' . $joinQuery;
+        } else {
+            $joinParams = [];
         }
 
         if (count($this->conditions[self::CONDITION_WHERE]) > 0) {
@@ -245,20 +261,32 @@ class Select
             $queryString .= ' LIMIT ' . $this->limit[1] . ', ' . $this->limit[0];
         }
 
-        return [$queryString, array_merge($whereParams, $havingParams)];
+        if($this->isDerivedTable()) {
+            $queryString = '(' . $queryString . ') AS ' . $this->tableAliases[Select::DERIVED_TABLE_KEY];
+        }
+
+        return [$queryString, array_merge($tableParams, $joinParams, $whereParams, $havingParams)];
     }
 
-    private function generateTable($table, bool $defineAlias = false): string
+    private function generateTable($table, bool $defineAlias = false): array
     {
+        $params = [];
+
         if ($table instanceof RawExpression) {
-            return (string) $table;
+            return [(string) $table, $params];
+        }
+
+        if($table instanceof Select)
+        {
+            return $table->generateQuery();
         }
 
         if (isset($this->tableAliases[$table])) {
-            return ($defineAlias ? Utils::backtick($this->tableAliases[$table]) . ' ' . Utils::backtick($table) : Utils::backtick($table));
+            $queryString = ($defineAlias ? Utils::backtick($this->tableAliases[$table]) . ' ' . Utils::backtick($table) : Utils::backtick($table));
+            return [$queryString, $params];
         }
 
-        return Utils::backtick($table);
+        return [Utils::backtick($table), $params];
     }
 
     private function generateColumn($column): string
@@ -271,7 +299,8 @@ class Select
             $out = '';
 
             if ($column[0]) {
-                $out .= $this->generateTable($column[0]) . '.';
+                list($tableName, $params) = $this->generateTable($column[0]);
+                $out .= $tableName . '.';
             }
 
             $out .= Utils::backtick($column[1]);
@@ -297,15 +326,19 @@ class Select
         return implode(',', $columns);
     }
 
-    private function generateJoins(): string
+    private function generateJoins(): array
     {
-        $joins = $this->joins;
 
-        array_walk($joins, function (&$value, $key) {
-            $value = $value[0] . ' JOIN ' . $this->generateTable($value[1], true) . ' ON ' . $this->generateColumn($value[2]) . ' ' . $value[3] . ' ' . $this->generateColumn($value[4]);
-        });
+        $joinQueries = [];
+        $params = [];
 
-        return implode(' ', $joins);
+        foreach($this->joins as $join) {
+            list($joinQueryFragment, $paramsFragment) = $this->generateTable($join[1], true);
+            $joinQueries[] = $join[0] . ' JOIN ' . $joinQueryFragment . ' ON ' . $this->generateColumn($join[2]) . ' ' . $join[3] . ' ' . $this->generateColumn($join[4]);
+            $params = array_merge($params, $paramsFragment);
+        }
+
+        return [implode(' ', $joinQueries), $params];
     }
 
     private function generateConditions(int $type): array
diff --git a/src/PersistentData/Model/UserPlayedPlace.php b/src/PersistentData/Model/UserPlayedPlace.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d612476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PersistentData/Model/UserPlayedPlace.php
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+<?php namespace MapGuesser\PersistentData\Model;
+
+use DateTime;
+
+class UserPlayedPlace extends Model
+{
+    protected static string $table = 'user_played_place';
+
+    protected static array $fields = ['user_id', 'place_id', 'last_time', 'occurrences'];
+
+    protected static array $relations = ['user' => User::class, 'place' => Place::class];
+
+    private ?User $user = null;
+
+    private ?int $userId = null;
+
+    private ?Place $place = null;
+
+    private ?int $placeId = null;
+
+    private DateTime $lastTime;
+
+    private int $occurrences = 1;
+
+    public function setUser(User $user): void
+    {
+        $this->user = $user;
+    }
+
+    public function setUserId(int $userId): void
+    {
+        $this->userId = $userId;
+    }
+
+    public function setPlace(Place $place): void
+    {
+        $this->place = $place;
+    }
+
+    public function setPlaceId(int $placeId): void
+    {
+        $this->placeId = $placeId;
+    }
+
+    public function setLastTimeDate(DateTime $lastTime): void
+    {
+        $this->lastTime = $lastTime;
+    }
+
+    public function setLastTime(string $lastTime): void
+    {
+        $this->lastTime = new DateTime($lastTime);
+    }
+
+    public function setOccurrences(int $occurrences): void
+    {
+        $this->occurrences = $occurrences;
+    }
+
+    public function incrementOccurrences(): void
+    {
+        $this->occurrences++;
+    }
+
+    public function getUser(): ?User
+    {
+        return $this->user;
+    }
+
+    public function getUserId(): ?int
+    {
+        return $this->userId;
+    }
+
+    public function getPlace(): ?Place
+    {
+        return $this->place;
+    }
+
+    public function getPlaceId(): ?int
+    {
+        return $this->placeId;
+    }
+
+    public function getLastTimeDate(): DateTime
+    {
+        return $this->lastTime;
+    }
+
+    public function getLastTime(): string
+    {
+        return $this->lastTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+    }
+
+    public function getOccurrences(): int
+    {
+        return $this->occurrences;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Repository/PlaceRepository.php b/src/Repository/PlaceRepository.php
index 84c90cf..4c36edc 100644
--- a/src/Repository/PlaceRepository.php
+++ b/src/Repository/PlaceRepository.php
@@ -28,13 +28,35 @@ class PlaceRepository
         yield from $this->pdm->selectMultipleFromDb($select, Place::class);
     }
 
+    //TODO: use Map and User instead of id
+    public function getRandomNPlaces(int $mapId, int $n, ?int $userId): array
+    {
+        if (!isset($userId)) { // anonymous single player
+            return $this->getRandomNForMapWithValidPano($mapId, $n);
+        } else { // authorized user or multiplayer game with selection based on what the host played before
+            $unvisitedPlaces = $this->getRandomUnvisitedNForMapWithValidPano($mapId, $n, $userId);
+            if (count($unvisitedPlaces) == $n) {
+                return $unvisitedPlaces;
+            }
+
+            $oldPlaces = $this->getRandomOldNForMapWithValidPano($mapId, $n - count($unvisitedPlaces), $userId);
+            
+            return array_merge($unvisitedPlaces, $oldPlaces);
+        }
+    }
+
     //TODO: use Map instead of id
-    public function getRandomNForMapWithValidPano(int $mapId, int $n, array $exclude = []): array
+    private function getRandomNForMapWithValidPano(int $mapId, int $n): array
     {
         $places = [];
 
+        $select = new Select(\Container::$dbConnection, 'places');
+        $select->where('map_id', '=', $mapId);
+        $numberOfPlaces = $select->count();
+
+        $exclude = [];
         for ($i = 1; $i <= $n; ++$i) {
-            $place = $this->getRandomForMapWithValidPano($mapId, $exclude);
+            $place = $this->getRandomForMapWithValidPano($numberOfPlaces, $select, $exclude);
 
             $places[] = $place;
             $exclude[] = $place->getId();
@@ -43,11 +65,15 @@ class PlaceRepository
         return $places;
     }
 
-    //TODO: use Map instead of id
-    public function getRandomForMapWithValidPano(int $mapId, array $exclude = []): Place
+    private function getRandomForMapWithValidPano(int $numberOfPlaces, Select $select, array &$exclude, ?callable $pickRandomInt = null): ?Place
     {
         do {
-            $place = $this->selectRandomFromDbForMap($mapId, $exclude);
+            $numberOfPlacesLeft = $numberOfPlaces - count($exclude);
+            $place = $this->selectRandomFromDbForMap($numberOfPlacesLeft, $select, $exclude, $pickRandomInt);
+            if ($place === null) {
+                // there is no more never visited place left
+                return null;
+            }
 
             $panoId = $place->getFreshPanoId();
             if ($panoId === null) {
@@ -58,25 +84,97 @@ class PlaceRepository
         return $place;
     }
 
-    private function selectRandomFromDbForMap(int $mapId, array $exclude): Place
+    private function selectRandomFromDbForMap(int $numberOfPlacesLeft, Select $select, array $exclude, ?callable $pickRandomInt): ?Place
     {
-        //TODO: omit table name here
-        $select = new Select(\Container::$dbConnection, 'places');
-        $select->where('id', 'NOT IN', $exclude);
-        $select->where('map_id', '=', $mapId);
+        if ($numberOfPlacesLeft <= 0)
+            return null;
 
-        $numberOfPlaces = $select->count();
-
-        //TODO: prevent this
-        if ($numberOfPlaces === 0) {
-            throw new \Exception('There is no selectable place (count was 0).');
+        if (!isset($pickRandomInt)) {
+            $randomOffset = random_int(0, $numberOfPlacesLeft - 1);
+        } else {
+            $randomOffset = $pickRandomInt($numberOfPlacesLeft);
         }
 
-        $randomOffset = random_int(0, $numberOfPlaces - 1);
-
-        $select->orderBy('id');
+        $select->where('id', 'NOT IN', $exclude);
         $select->limit(1, $randomOffset);
 
         return $this->pdm->selectFromDb($select, Place::class);
     }
+
+    // Never visited places
+    private function getRandomUnvisitedNForMapWithValidPano(int $mapId, int $n, int $userId): array
+    {
+        $places = [];
+        $exclude = [];
+
+        // list of places visited by user
+        $selectPlacesByCurrentUser = new Select(\Container::$dbConnection, 'user_played_place');
+        $selectPlacesByCurrentUser->columns(['place_id', 'last_time']);
+        $selectPlacesByCurrentUser->where('user_id', '=', $userId);
+        $selectPlacesByCurrentUser->setDerivedTableAlias('places_by_current_user');
+
+        // count the places never visited
+        $selectUnvisited = new Select(\Container::$dbConnection, 'places');
+        $selectUnvisited->leftJoin($selectPlacesByCurrentUser, ['places', 'id'], '=', ['places_by_current_user', 'place_id']);
+        $selectUnvisited->where('map_id', '=', $mapId);
+        $selectUnvisited->where('last_time', '=', null);
+        $numberOfUnvisitedPlaces = $selectUnvisited->count();
+
+        // look for as many new places as possible but maximum $n
+        do {
+            $place = $this->getRandomForMapWithValidPano($numberOfUnvisitedPlaces, $selectUnvisited, $exclude);
+            if (isset($place)) {
+                $places[] = $place;
+                $exclude[] = $place->getId();
+            }
+        } while (count($places) < $n && isset($place));
+
+        return $places;
+    }
+
+    // Places visited in the longest time
+    private function getRandomOldNForMapWithValidPano(int $mapId, int $n, int $userId): array
+    {
+        $places = [];
+        $exclude = [];
+
+        // list of places visited by user
+        $selectPlacesByCurrentUser = new Select(\Container::$dbConnection, 'user_played_place');
+        $selectPlacesByCurrentUser->columns(['place_id', 'last_time']);
+        $selectPlacesByCurrentUser->where('user_id', '=', $userId);
+        $selectPlacesByCurrentUser->setDerivedTableAlias('places_by_current_user');
+
+        // count places that were visited at least once
+        $selectOldPlaces = new Select(\Container::$dbConnection, 'places');
+        $selectOldPlaces->innerJoin($selectPlacesByCurrentUser, ['places', 'id'], '=', ['places_by_current_user', 'place_id']);
+        $selectOldPlaces->where('map_id', '=', $mapId);
+        $numberOfOldPlaces = $selectOldPlaces->count();
+
+        // set order by datetime, oldest first
+        $selectOldPlaces->orderBy('last_time');
+
+        // selection algorithm with preference (weighting) for older places using Box-Muller transform
+        $pickGaussianRandomInt = function($numberOfPlaces) {
+            $stdev = 0.2;
+            $avg = 0.0;
+            $x = mt_rand() / mt_getrandmax();
+            $y = mt_rand() / mt_getrandmax();
+            $randomNum = abs(sqrt(-2 * log($x)) * cos(2 * pi() * $y) * $stdev + $avg);
+            return (int) min($randomNum * $numberOfPlaces, $numberOfPlaces - 1);
+        };
+
+        // look for n - numberOfUnvisitedPlaces places
+        while (count($places) < $n)
+        {
+            $place = $this->getRandomForMapWithValidPano($numberOfOldPlaces, $selectOldPlaces, $exclude, $pickGaussianRandomInt);
+            if (isset($place))
+            {
+                $places[] = $place;
+                $exclude[] = $place->getId();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $places;
+    }
+  
 }
diff --git a/src/Repository/UserPlayedPlaceRepository.php b/src/Repository/UserPlayedPlaceRepository.php
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+++ b/src/Repository/UserPlayedPlaceRepository.php
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+<?php namespace MapGuesser\Repository;
+
+use DateTime;
+use Generator;
+use MapGuesser\Database\Query\Select;
+use MapGuesser\PersistentData\Model\User;
+use MapGuesser\PersistentData\Model\Place;
+use MapGuesser\PersistentData\Model\UserPlayedPlace;
+use MapGuesser\PersistentData\PersistentDataManager;
+
+class UserPlayedPlaceRepository
+{
+    private PersistentDataManager $pdm;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->pdm = new PersistentDataManager();
+    }
+
+    public function getByUser(User $user): Generator
+    {
+        $select = new Select(\Container::$dbConnection);
+        $select->where('user_id', '=', $user->getId());
+
+        yield from $this->pdm->selectMultipleFromDb($select, UserPlayedPlace::class);
+    }
+
+    public function getAllByPlace(Place $place): Generator
+    {
+        $select = new Select(\Container::$dbConnection);
+        $select->where('place_id', '=', $place->getId());
+
+        yield from $this->pdm->selectMultipleFromDb($select, UserPlayedPlace::class);
+    }
+
+    public function getAllByUser(User $user) : Generator
+    {
+        $select = new Select(\Container::$dbConnection);
+        $select->where('user_id', '=', $user->getId());
+
+        yield from $this->pdm->selectMultipleFromDb($select, UserPlayedPlace::class, true);
+    }
+
+    public function getByUserIdAndPlaceId(int $userId, int $placeId) : ?UserPlayedPlace
+    {
+        $select = new Select(\Container::$dbConnection);
+        $select->where('user_id', '=', $userId);
+        $select->where('place_id', '=', $placeId);
+
+        return $this->pdm->selectFromDb($select, UserPlayedPlace::class);
+    }
+}