Systems and methods for combined online and in-casino wagering game tournaments

A method for conducting a combined online and in-casino wagering game tournament, comprising:

• receiving, at an electronic table game in a casino, a tournament entry token from a first player of a first player position;
• automatically detecting, by a sensor of the electronic table game, the tournament entry token;
• identifying, by the electronic table game, a wagering game tournament indicated by the tournament entry token;
• conducting, by the electronic table game, a first gaming session of a first wagering game;
• transmitting, by the electronic table game and to a tournament server, data descriptive of the participation of the first player in the first gaming session of the first wagering game;
• receiving, by an online game server, and from a second player, an indication of the wagering game tournament for which the second player is a participant;
• conducting, by the online game server, a second gaming session of a second wagering game;
• retrieving, by the tournament management server, the results of the first player and the second player in the respective first and second gaming sessions;
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• computing, based at least in part on the retrieved results of the first player and the second player, an outcome for the wagering game tournament.

A method for conducting a gaming session of a wagering game at an electronic table game in a casino in coordination with a combined online and in-casino wagering game tournament, comprising:

• identifying, by the electronic table game, a plurality of players at a plurality of respective player positions of the wagering game;
• automatically detecting, by a sensor of the electronic table game and with respect to a first player from the plurality of players, a tournament entry token;
• identifying, by the electronic table game, a wagering game tournament indicated by the tournament entry token;
• receiving, from each player of the plurality of players, at least one wager for the gaming session of the wagering game, thereby defining a plurality of wagers;
• identifying, by the electronic table game and as part of the gaming session of the wagering game, a random gaming session input;
• computing, by the electronic table game and as part of the gaming session of the wagering game, and utilizing the random gaming session input, a gaming session outcome;
• computing, by the electronic table game and utilizing the gaming session outcome, a gaming session result;
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• transmitting, by the electronic table game and to a tournament server, data descriptive of the participation of the first player in the gaming session.