Patent ID: 8870649

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for, in a server, providing location-based gaming to mobile gaming units through a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving a request for gaming options from a mobile gaming unit that is capable of determining location information; receiving the location information associated with the mobile gaming unit as determined by a combination of location technologies used as inputs, the combination comprising at least two technologies selected from the group of GPS (Global Position System), CELL ID (Cell Identifier), GML (Geography Markup Language), FLT (Forward Link Trilateration), WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and Wireless Assisted GPS location based services, wherein a first location technology used to determine the location information is different from a second location technology; using the location information to retrieve gaming options corresponding to a jurisdiction, the jurisdiction being one of a plurality of jurisdictions and associated with gaming restrictions that are particular to the jurisdiction; and sending the gaming options to the mobile gaming unit.