Patent ID: 9633526
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A gaming machine comprising: at least one display device; at least one player input device configured to receive input from a player; at least one sensor configured to detect a signal transmitted from a mobile device of said player when said player is within a predetermined distance from said gaming machine; a credit device configured to accept an physical item associated with a monetary value to increase a credit balance at the gaming machine; a memory device; a controller; and machine-readable code executable by said controller to cause said controller to receive input from said player via said at least one player input device to initiate wagering game play and, in response thereto, to automatically present via said at least one display device game play for a plurality of wagering games without further input by said player to said gaming machine via said at least one player input device, so long as said player continues to be detected within the predetermined distance from said gaming machine by said at least one sensor; and machine-readable code executable by said controller to cause said controller to determine an outcome of said wagering games and, for winning outcomes having an associate award, increase said credit balance based upon said award.