Patent ID: 9640033
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method of operating a wagering game machine primarily dedicated to playing at least one casino wagering game and configured to operate with a separate mobile device that is not part of the wagering game machine, the wagering game machine including an electronic display device and one or more electronic input devices, the method comprising: detecting, via at least one of the one or more electronic input devices, the mobile device indicating a code associated with a player account having a monetary balance that can establish a credit balance for the at least one casino wagering game; requesting, over a communications network, the monetary balance from a remote server; establishing the credit balance on the wagering game machine; initiating the casino wagering game in response to an input indicative of a wager covered by the credit balance; presenting at least part of the casino wagering game on the electronic display device.