Patent ID: 9558620
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F

Claim:
1. A remote gaming method comprising: establishing a wireless communications link between a mobile gaming device operated by a player and a first gaming terminal to concurrently play one or more games, wherein the one or more games involve a plurality of players; providing, on a display of the mobile gaming device, a designated area assigned to the player, wherein there are additional designated areas assigned to different players; generating credits for the plurality of players for concurrently playing the one or more games; receiving a signal initiated by the player, via the mobile gaming device, that identifies the player as an active player in a first game of the one or more games; initiating the display of an individual game in the designated area assigned to the player as part of the first game, while the remaining players have an option to concurrently play a community game displayed on the additional designated areas; concurrently displaying, on the mobile gaming device, a plurality of icons in the designated area assigned to the player as part of the first game, each icon being associated with a particular wager amount, wherein the icons concurrently displayed are associated with a plurality of different wager amounts, and wherein at least some of the icons are associated with a hidden prize; receiving a signal identifying a particular icon being touched via the mobile gaming device; deducting the wager amount associated with the icon touched by the player from a bank of credits associated with the player; and granting any award to the player associated with the icon touched by the player.