Patent ID: 7731586

Claim:
A system by which a player may remotely play a physical slot machine gaming device that is among a plurality of physical slot machine gaming devices each of which was previously approved by a gaming regulator for the locale in which the device is located, wherein said player has access to a video display in communication with a data network, the system comprising: a video camera in communication with said data network and configured to provide visual data concerning said physical slot machine gaming device to said player via said video display; and a server in communication with the plurality of physical slot machine gaming devices, wherein the server comprises: a polling function that polls for the plurality of physical slot machine gaming devices for a play availability for each physical slot machine gaming device; a display function that creates data for display of the play availability of each of the plurality of physical slot machine gaming devices; and a lock function that prevents others from playing the physical slot machine gaming device once it has been selected for play by the player.