Patent ID: 8353764

Claim:
A computing system operable in a gaming environment that provides one or more games, wherein said computing system is configured to: store, in a database, a first one or more attribute values associated with a manner in which a security code image has been created or traced by one or more entities, receive a second one or more attribute values associated with a manner in which an image has been created or traced by said one or more entities, determine whether said image corresponds with said security code image, determine whether said second one or more attribute values are within an acceptable range of said first one or more attribute values, and authenticate said one or more entities responsive to determining that said image corresponds with said security code image and that said second one or more attribute values are within said acceptable range of said first one or more attribute values; and wherein said computing system includes one or more of the following: a server, a gaming server that serves one or more gaming machines in said gaming environment, a gaming machine operable for playing one or more games in said gaming environment, an authentication server, a mobile device, a wireless device, a mobile wireless device, a mobile gaming device operable for playing one or more games in said gaming environment, a wireless gaming device operable for playing one or more games in said gaming environment, a gaming device operable for playing one or more games in said gaming environment, a mobile wireless device operable for playing one or more games in said gaming environment, a personal computer, a mobile wireless phone, and a personal digital assistant.