Patent ID: 8545309

Claim:
A gaming device for facilitating a wagering game, comprising: a display device for displaying game information to a player; an input device usable by the player to provide an input to the gaming device; a processor operable to facilitate a wagering game; and a memory storing a program for directing the processor, wherein the processor and the program are operable together to: detect a repeated input provided by the player via the input device, wherein the repeated input comprises a repeated attempt by the player to actuate the input device during an inactive state of the input device; determine, based on a stored rule which defines a repeated attempt by a player to actuate the input device during an inactive state of the input device as a characteristic of a problem gambler, that the repeated input is an indication that the player may require attention as a problem gambler; and transmit a signal to a server device, the signal indicating the repeated input from the player.