Patent ID: 8419548

Claim:
A wagering game machine comprising: a set of one or more processors; a network interface; and an optical machine-readable data representation recognition unit operable to, determine that an optical machine-readable data representation encodes first data that indicates a multi-stage wagering game and second data that indicates progress in the multi-stage wagering game responsive to capturing an image of the optical machine-readable data representation displayed from a personal mobile phone, wherein the multi-stage wagering game includes a plurality of stages each of which exposes at least one game play element different than preceding ones of the plurality of stages when achieved by a player; launch the multi-stage wagering game in a wagering game session based on the first data; determine the progress in the multi-stage wagering game with the second data; and resume the multi-stage wagering game at a particular one of the plurality of stages in accordance with the progress indicated by the second data.