Integrating social contact identifiers into wagering games

摘要

Described herein are processes and devices that integrate social contact identifiers into wagering games. Some embodiments include providing game play elements configured for use in presentation of possible outcomes for a wagering game, wherein the wagering game is associated with a first player account stored on an account server. Some embodiments further include selecting, via one or more processors, a second player account indicated in the first player account as a social contact of a player associated with the first player account. Some embodiments further include, via at least one of the one or more processors, providing a social contact identifier of the second player account for use in the wagering game to represent at least a portion of at least one of the game play elements.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining a first player account and one or more other player accounts that are social contacts of the first player account; detecting, during a wagering game, an event triggering use of a social contact identifier in the wagering game; selecting, from the one or more other player accounts, a second player account; determining a social contact identifier associated with the second player account; and via at least one or more processors, providing the social contact identifier associated with the second player account to represent at least a portion of a game play element of the wagering game.