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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Wms Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey L. Allen, Naperville, IL (US);
Brian J. Barclay, Atlanta, GA (US);
Mark B. Gagner, West Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew C. Guinn, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
WMS Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/12 (2013.01); G07F 17/3223 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/3276 (2013.01); H04L 12/588 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some examples, the operations can include connecting social network user accounts to a wagering game session for a wagering game. The operations can further include controlling, for the wagering game, monetary wagering associated with a first of the social network user accounts and controlling non-monetary wagering associated with a second of the social network user accounts.