Tracey Renee Wright

US Patent:

8585492, Nov 19, 2013

Filed:

Nov 9, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/127081

Inventors:

Brian J. Barclay - Atlanta GA, US
Andrew C. Guinn - Chicago IL, US
Daniel P. Louie - Chicago IL, US
Darren Yat-man Ng - Chicago IL, US
Tracey L. Wright - West Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

WMS Gaming, Inc. - Waukegan IL

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 26

Abstract:

The document describes operations for managing online wagering game casinos. In some embodiments of the inventive subject matter, the operations include presenting wagering games to players in an online casino; facilitating messaging between the players and a wagering game attendant; reporting results of the wagering games to the attendant; and detecting, from the wagering game attendant, a request to present a community bonus opportunity to one or more of the players. The operations can also include presenting the community bonus opportunity to the players; detecting responses to the community bonus opportunity, wherein the responses are associated with the players; determining one or more winners of prizes offered in the community bonus opportunity; and awarding the prizes to the one or more winners.