Patent ID: 7918728

Claim:
A portable gaming device in a gaming network, comprising: a first processor; memory; a first display; at least one interface for communicating with at least one other device in the gaming network; the gaming device being operable to: control a wager-based game played at the gaming device; receive input from a first user for initiating a first wager-based gaming session at the gaming device; initiate the first gaming session at the gaming device; receive, after initiation of the first gaming session, first wager information relating to a first wager to be placed by the first user in connection with game play conducted at the gaming device during the first gaming session, wherein the first wager information includes a wager amount; initiate, during the first gaming session, play of a first wager-based game at the gaming device; verify, during the first gaming session, periodic receipt of activation information from a first remote gaming server; and prevent game play at the gaming device in response to a determination that no periodic activation information has been received at the gaming device during a first time interval; receive gaming information generated by the first remote gaming server, wherein the gaming information relates to play of the wager-based game at the portable gaming device, wherein the gaming information includes data representing an outcome of the first wager-base game; store the gaming information at the portable gaming device; execute game code at the portable gaming device, the game code using at least a portion of the gaming information to present at least a portion of the wager-based game at the portable gaming device; and present the game outcome for the wager-based game played at the gaming device during the first gaming session.