A method of facilitating electronic gaming at locations remote from a gaming source authorized to host gaming services, comprising:
- activating a remote gaming device, wherein the activating includes providing to the remote gaming device geographic delimiters defining an authorized gaming area for the gaming source;
- and
- broadcasting to the remote gaming device game play signals in accordance with instructions from the gaming source, the broadcasting comprising broadcasting a credit balance to the remote gaming device,
- wherein the remote gaming device stores the credit balance, the credit balance representing funds available for game play, and
- wherein the remote gaming device determines whether a physical location of the device is within the authorized gaming area defined by the geographic delimiters, and wherein the remote gaming device is placed in an active condition for game play using the game play signals when the physical location of the remote gaming device is within the authorized gaming area and when the credit balance is greater than zero.