Patent ID: 9542798
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
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: