Methods of receiving electronic wagers in a wagering game via a handheld electronic wager input device

摘要

A gaming system for conducting a multi-player wagering game includes a multi-touch table surface that is touched by a handheld electronic wager input device (EWID) carried by a player for placing wagers on a wagering game displayed on the multi-touch table surface. Each EWID carried by a player has an associated unique identification code, which is linked to the respective player's account. Players indicate an amount to be wagered by touching the EWID to designated wager amount areas, then place the wager by touching the EWID to a designated wagering area. Because each EWID is uniquely associable with distinct player accounts, the gaming system can support any number of players placing wagers. The funds remain safe in the player account and no funds are stored on the EWID. Only the identification code is detected, which is compared with the associated player account before allowing that player to place wagers.

主权项

1. A method of capturing a code to play a wagering game, comprising:
capturing, using a camera on a portable electronic device, a Quick Response (QR) code displayed on a medium; decoding, by the portable electronic device, a uniform resource locator (URL) encoded in the QR code, the URL being associated with a wagering game; responsive to the decoding, displaying on the portable electronic device the wagering game encoded in the QR code and permitting the portable electronic device to be used to participate in the wagering game; displaying the wagering game concurrently at least in part on a video display external to the portable electronic device and at least in part on a display of the portable electronic device; using the portable electronic device to place a wager on the wagering game; and operating the portable electronic device as a thin client to display results of the wagering game whose outcomes are randomly determined by a gaming server external to the portable electronic device, the gaming server executing game code corresponding to the wagering game.