Management of online wagering communities

A method for monitoring chat in a wagering game environment, the method comprising:

• presenting wagering games to a plurality of players in a wagering game environment;
• detecting an indication of one of the players engaged in questionable chat;
• soliciting, from the plurality of players, feedback about the questionable chat;
• determining that the questionable chat is offensive to some of the plurality of players based on the feedback;
• assigning a value to a reputation rating associated with the one of the players based on a level of offensiveness associated with the questionable chat;
• determining that the reputation rating of the one of the players is beyond a threshold;
• and
• revoking one or more privileges of the one of the players.

An apparatus for facilitating side betting on a wagering game in an online wagering game environment, the apparatus comprising:

• means for presenting the wagering game for play by players in the online wagering game environment;
• means for detecting a request, by a first player of the players, to place a side bet on game play controlled by a second player of the players, wherein the game play is associated with the wagering game;
• means for accepting the side bet;
• means for determining that the first player has won the side bet;
• means for determining an award for the side bet;
• means for depositing the award in an online wagering account.

An apparatus comprising:

• a wagering game controller configured to present wagering games;
• a wagering game attendant controller configured to,
• present wagering games to players in an online casino;
• facilitate messaging between the players and a wagering game attendant;
• report results of the wagering games to the attendant;
• detect, from the wagering game attendant, a request to present a community bonus opportunity to one or more of the players;
• present the community bonus opportunity to the players;
• detect responses to the community bonus opportunity, wherein the responses are associated with the players;
• determine one or more winners of prizes offered in the community bonus opportunity;
• and
• award the prizes to the one or more winners.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• 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;
• detecting, from the wagering game attendant, a request to present a community bonus opportunity to one or more of the players;
• 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.