Patent ID: 6846238
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A hand-held wireless game player for playing a game of chance, the hand-held wireless game player comprising; a wire-less communication interface; a display screen for displaying a graphical rendition of the game of chance; a sound interface for providing at least sound to a user of the wireless same player related to the game of chance; one or more input mechanisms; and a microprocessor configured 1) to present the game of chance on the display screen under control of a master gaming controller located on a gaming machine wherein the master gaming controller executes regulated gaming software to generate the game of chance on the wireless game player and wherein the master gaming controller maintains and updates credit information resulting from playing the game of chance as each game of chance is played on the wireless game player and wherein communication between the microprocessor and the master gaming controller is via the wireless communication interface and 2) to send information from input signals for playing the game of chance that are generated from the one or more input mechanisms to the master gaming controller via the wire-less communication interface wherein the wireless game player is adapted for use as a remote extension to the gaming machine wherein each game of chance played on the hand-held wireless game player comprises: