Patent ID: 8447870

Claim:
A community wagering game system comprising: a wireless mesh network; a set of gaming devices connected to the wireless mesh network, wherein the gaming devices are participants in a community wagering game; an arbiter configured to receive routing information for each of the gaming devices of the set, the arbiter further configured to designate one of the gaming devices as a community wagering game server, wherein the designated gaming device includes: a network interface unit to wirelessly receive gaming data from one or more of the other gaming devices of the set, and to wirelessly transmit the gaming data directly to one or more of the other gaming devices of the set; a memory unit to store certain of the gaming data and to store instructions for conducting wagering games; and a central processing unit to perform operations based in part on the certain of the gaming data and to perform operations based on the instructions, wherein the central processing unit is operable to determine an outcome of the community wagering game.