System and method for bonus gaming using a mobile device

A method of enabling a player to use a mobile bonus feature system and a mobile device to become eligible for mobile promotions in addition to prizes or awards offered by a game on an underlying gaming machine, the method comprising:

• enabling enrollment in the mobile bonus feature system;
• displaying a list of mobile promotions associated with games on underlying gaming machines;
• enabling selection of a mobile promotion and an associated game on the underlying gaming machine;
• once the player meets criteria of the mobile promotion on the underlying gaming machine, enabling the player to use a camera of the mobile device, which is controlled by the mobile bonus feature system, to take a single photo of an entire game result at a single location that satisfies the mobile promotion;
• securely transmitting the single photo of the entire game result at the single location that satisfies the mobile promotion to a web service,
• analyzing the single photo of the entire game result from the single location to confirm the player has met the criteria of the mobile promotion;
• and
• once confirmed, awarding the player a bonus associated with the mobile promotion;
• wherein the mobile bonus feature system includes an image analysis system, wherein the image analysis system includes a library of all candidate symbol images that are detectable, and wherein an arrangement of symbols on a mobile phone display are identified from this library of images;
• wherein determination of a mobile device's location is used to compare captured game images against the mobile device's location using a list of known games near the mobile device's location.