Integration of casino gaming and non-casino interactive gaming

A method of integrating casino gaming with non-casino interactive gaming, comprising:

• offering a plurality of wagering games on a central server system;
• conducting one of the wagering games via a player-operated gaming machine in a land-based casino, the gaming machine being linked to the central server system by a reconfigurable computer network;
• and
• conducting the same or another of the wagering games via a player-operated computing device remote from any casino and linked to the central server system.

A web-based system for integrating casino gaming with non-casino interactive gaming, comprising:

• a central server system offering a plurality of wagering games;
• a plurality of player-operating gaming machines located in a land-based casino and linked to the central server system by a reconfigurable computer network, the gaming machines being used to conduct one of the wagering games;
• and
• a player-operated computing device remote from any land-based casino and linked to the central server system, the computing device being used to conduct the same or another of the wagering games.

A casino-based gaming machine located in a land-based casino, comprising:

• interface circuitry for linking the gaming machine to a web-based central server system over a reconfigurable, multi-site computer network;
• processing circuitry for accessing a wagering game on the central server system;
• and
• a user interface for receiving inputs from a player for playing the wagering game.