Bally Gaming, Inc.

Wms Gaming, Inc.

Dean A Ehrlich

Joel Roger Jaffe

Mark B Gagner

Larry J Pacey

Christopher Green

Shridhar P Joshi

Mark C Pace

Andrew Fowler

Kate H Holmes

Peter Petras

Alfred Thomas

Allon G Englman

Jeremy Hornik

Dion K Aoki

Jamie W Vann

Robert Bone

James J Getz

Candice Savino

Systems and methods for serving patrons in a wagering game environment are described herein. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving patron service information, wherein the patron service information indicates activities of a patron in a casino. The method can also include selecting, based on the patron service information, a service for the patron, wherein the patron has not requested the service. Additionally, the method can include presenting a service order instructing a service attendant to deliver the service.

Serving patrons in a wagering game environment

A gaming system community server communications controller sends information to a wagering-game server. A community server processor obtains gaming session information relating to a player's gaming session from the wagering-game server or wagering-game machine. The system determines whether the gaming session information satisfies a condition precedent to an award of player profile content comprising a currency in a community server secondary economy, game content available to the player on the community server, non-game content available to the player on the community server, game content available to the wagering-game machine player, non-game content available to the wagering-game machine player, and/or game content available to the player from the wagering-game server. The player profile content is stored in association with the player identified in the gaming session information and the information sent to the wagering-game server by the communications controller includes information relating to a location-based incentive available to the player.

System and method for providing benefits on wagering and non-wagering networks

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include initiating, at a gaming machine, an analysis mode of a wagering game training tool associated with a wagering game, and determining when a player has played a predefined number of rounds of the wagering game. The operations can also include determining a skill level associated with the player for one or more areas of skill associated with the wagering game based, at least in part, on the predefined number of rounds played by the player. The operations can further include identifying an area of skill associated with the wagering game where the skill level associated with the player is less than a predefined skill level, and initiating a training mode of the wagering game training tool to improve the skill level associated with the player in the identified area of skill.

Wagering game training tool for wagering systems

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Arlington Heights, IL, United States of America

Dean A Ehrlich