Transporting and using wagering game data

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a portable data module configured to, via the one or more processors,
• deduct a first money value from a money balance of a wagering game account while a portable data storage device is connected to a machine that is connected to a wagering game network, wherein the machine has access to the wagering game account,
• store the first money value on the portable data storage device,
• disconnect the portable data storage device from the machine,
• connect the portable data storage device to a computing device external to the wagering game network, wherein the computing device is capable of processing the wagering game content, and wherein the computing device does not have access to the wagering game account,
• begin a wagering game session via the computing device using wagering game content,
• set a session wagering limit for the wagering game session equivalent to the first money value previously deducted from the wagering game account,
• detect wagering activity performed during the wagering game session via the computing device, and
• change the first money value to a second money value on the portable data storage device during the wagering game session in response to detecting the performing the wagering activity.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• at least one communications device configured to communicate with a portable data storage device;
• and
• one or more memory storage units configured to store instructions, which when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations to
• select, in response to user input, a wagering game application stored on the portable data storage device, wherein the portable data storage device is configured to communicate with a wagering game machine associated with a wagering game network during a first wagering game session and obtain the wagering game application from the wagering game machine, wherein the system is not associated with the wagering game network, and wherein the selection of the wagering game application occurs via a second wagering game session initiated via the system after the first wagering game session,
• present a wagering game for the second wagering game session in response to the selection of the wagering game application, and
• store wagering game session data, for the second wagering game session, on the portable data storage device.

A method comprising:

• initiating a first wagering game session via a wagering game machine connected to a wagering game network;
• connecting a portable data storage device to the wagering game machine;
• accessing a wagering game application stored on the wagering game machine;
• transferring, via at least one of one or more processors, the wagering game application from the wagering game machine to the portable data storage device during a first wagering game session;
• and
• disconnecting the portable data storage device from the wagering game machine, wherein portable data storage device is configured to, after termination of the first wagering game session, connect to a computing device that is not connected to the wagering game network, initiate a second wagering game session, access the wagering game application from the portable data storage device in response to user input, present a wagering game via use of the wagering game application, and store wagering game session data on the portable data storage device during the second wagering game session.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for deducting a first money value from a money balance of a wagering game account while a portable data storage device is connected to a machine that is connected to a wagering game network, wherein the machine has access to the wagering game account;
• means for storing the first money value on the portable data storage device;
• and
• means for disconnecting the portable data storage device from the machine, wherein the portable data storage device is configured to connect to a computing device external to the wagering game network that does not have access to the wagering game account, begin a wagering game session using the wagering game content, set a session wagering limit for the wagering game session equivalent to the first money value previously deducted from the wagering game account, detect wagering activity performed during the wagering game session via the computing device, and change the first money value to a second money value on the portable data storage device during the wagering game session in response to the wagering activity.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for deducting a first money value from a money balance of a wagering game account while a portable data storage device is connected to a machine that is connected to a wagering game network, wherein the machine has access to the wagering game account;
• means for storing the first money value on the portable data storage device for use in a wagering game session on a computing device external to the wagering game network, wherein the computing device does not have access to the wagering game account;
• and
• means for disconnecting the portable data storage device from the machine, wherein the portable data storage device is configured to connect to the computing device, and wherein the computing device is configured to begin a wagering game session using the wagering game content, set a session wagering limit for the wagering game session equivalent to the first money value previously deducted from the wagering game account, detect wagering activity performed during the wagering game session, and change the first money value to a second money value on the portable data storage device during the wagering game session in response to the wagering activity.

One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a set of one or more processors causes the set of one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• initiating a communication link between a portable data storage device and a computing device that is not connected to a wagering game network, wherein the portable data storage device includes a first money value that was deducted from a money balance of a wagering game account while the portable data storage device was connected to a machine connected to the wagering game network;
• initiating a wagering game session via the computing device;
• setting a session wagering limit for the wagering game session equivalent to the first money value;
• detecting wagering activity performed during the wagering game session;
• and
• changing the first money value to a second money value on the portable data storage device during the wagering game session in response to the wagering activity.