Patent ID: 8613670

Claim:
A mobile networked gaming system operable on a mobile phone or wireless device wherein a mobile game client application connects a player to a server, said mobile networked gaming system comprising: at least one game server; at least one game table hosted on said game server; said game server providing game operations and displays for transmission to said mobile game client application; said displays including at least one lobby screen display from which a player can manually request to be seated at one or more of a plurality of virtual game positions in one or more of a plurality of multi-player or single-player games; and a selectable automated seating option for automatically seating a player at one or more of a plurality of virtual game positions, wherein the selectable automated seating option is configured such that a player bypasses said lobby screen and is directly seated when the player logs-in to the mobile networked gaming system without any action by the player subsequent to logging in.