Patent ID: 7460863

Claim:
A system for electronic gaming at locations remote from a gaming source authorized to host gaming services, comprising: a broadcast station arranged to transmit game play signals in accordance with instructions from the gaming source; and a remote gaming device having a memory arranged to store geographic delimiters defining an authorized gaming area for the gaming source, the remote gaming device further having a location determination system arranged to determine a physical location of the remote gaming device; wherein the remote gaming device stores a credit balance, the credit balance representing funds available for game play, wherein the broadcast station transmits the credit balance to the remote gaming device, and wherein the remote gaming device determines whether the physical location of the device is within the authorized gaming area as defined by the geographic delimiters, and wherein the remote gaming device is placed in an active condition for game play using the game play signals when the physical location of the remote gaming device is within the authorized gaming area and when the credit balance is greater than zero.