Patent ID: 8348747

Claim:
A multi-player gaming system comprising: at least one input device for receiving a wager initiating a wagering game, the wagering game including one or more randomly selected game outcomes; a display surface displaying game images associated with the wagering game; a first identification device associated with a first player; a second identification device associated with a second player; a contact sensing device adjacent to the display surface, the contact sensing device detecting first contact data when the first player moves a wager asset across the display surface during the wagering game and associating the first contact data with the first player, the contact sensing device detecting second contact data when the second player subsequently moves the wager asset across the display surface during the wagering game and associating the second contact data with the second player, and the contact sensing device transmitting the detected first and second contact data to the first and second identification devices, respectively; one or more processors; at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the gaming system to: receive the detected first and second contact data from the respective identification devices, and determine a transfer of a value of the wager asset from the first player to the second player based on the first and second contact data; and adjust, during the wagering game, credit balances of the first player and the second player to reflect the determined transfer of value.