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Personal electronic device for gaming and bonus system

  • US 9,542,798 B2
  • Filed: 02/01/2016
  • Issued: 01/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of playing a game on an electronic gaming machine having a primary game that produces random outcomes and a pay table that associates primary game awards with at least some of the outcomes comprising:

  • storing player information that identifies a predetermined player of the electronic gaming machine in a computer-accessible memory maintained by an operator of the electronic gaming machine;

    linking the stored player information to a personal electronic device having a location sensor;

    storing machine information that identifies the electronic gaming machine in a computer-accessible memory maintained by an operator of the electronic gaming machine;

    linking the stored machine information to the stored player information;

    receiving a physical item from the player at the electronic gaming machine via at least one of a bill acceptor, a ticket acceptor, and a coin acceptor operatively connected to the electronic gaming machine to establish a credit balance for placing wagers on the primary game;

    determining the physical location of the personal electronic device via the location sensor;

    only if the determined physical location is in a qualifying location;

    informing a player on a display of the personal electronic device of player actions in the primary game on the linked electronic gaming machine that qualify the player for a bonus award in response to inputs made by the player on the personal electronic device;

    dealing cards to a player by displaying them on a screen of the electronic gaming device;

    monitoring the dealt cards;

    accepting discards of the dealt cards from the player as a result of player input actions at the electronic gaming machine;

    monitoring the discards;

    communicating the monitored events to the personal electronic gaming device via a communication channel;

    generating an opportunity for a bonus award for the player in exchange for the discarded cards, the bonus award being separate from the paytable of the primary game; and

    displaying a notice of the bonus award on the personal electronic gaming device.

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