Patent ID: 9208645
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for integrating social contact identifiers into wagering games, the computer-implemented method comprising: determining, by a social contact identifier integrator in a wagering game server, a first player account associated with a wagering game; accessing, by the social contact identifier integrator, the first player account to determine one or more other player accounts that are social contacts of the first player account; selecting, by the social contact identifier integrator, a second player account from the one or more other player accounts; determining, by the social contact identifier integrator, a social contact identifier associated with the second player account; configuring, by the social contact identifier integrator, the wagering game to include the social contact identifier in a game play element of the wagering game; and transmitting, via a communications network, wagering game content including the game play element.