Patent ID: 8597116

Claim:
A gaming method, comprising: installing a first player tracking software agent on a first host device controlled by a first player, the first player tracking software agent having a first unique ID number/code, wherein the first host device is a personal device of a first player; installing a second player tracking software agent on a second host device, the second player tracking software agent having a second unique ID number/code, wherein the second host device is a personal device of the first player, wherein: each of the first player tracking software agent and the second player tracking software agent is associated with the first player by associating the first unique ID number/code and the second unique ID number/code with the first player; each of the first host device and the second host device is a personal digital assistant, cellular telephone or other portable electronic device, wherein each of the first host device and the second host device are not located at a gaming establishment; and each of the first host device and the second host device is configured to provide game play of wager games through the Internet to the first player; obtaining, by a processor, from the first player tracking software agent, first gaming information regarding Internet wagering by the player on the first host device; obtaining, by the processor, from the second player tracking software agent, second gaming information regarding Internet wagering by the player on the second host device; forming, by the processor, a combination of at least some components of the first gaming information and the second gaming information; and crediting, by the processor, a player tracking account of the player based on the combination.