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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Brian J. Barclay, Atlanta, GA (US);
Andrew Fowler, Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew C. Guinn, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard B. Robbins, Glenview, IL (US);
Richard T. Schwartz, Deerfield, IL (US);
BALLY GAMING, INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A wagering game system and its operations can include connecting, via a network communication interface of a gaming system, a device associated with a social networking venue to the gaming system. The operations can further include detecting, via the network communication interface, an indication of an electronic event associated with the gaming system and determining, via analysis of the indication of the electronic event by the gaming system, a value associated with the electronic event. The operations can further include activating a feature of the social networking venue according to the value associated with the electronic event.