Systems, methods, and devices for playing wagering games with location-triggered game features

One or more physical non-transitory computer-readable storage media including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receive an indication of a physical location of a mobile computing device configured to wirelessly communicate information with a gaming system configured to conduct a wagering game;
• determine if the physical location of the mobile computing device corresponds to or is within a predetermined proximity of a designated hotspot location;
• and
• responsive to the physical location of the mobile computing device corresponding to or being within the predetermined proximity of the designated hotspot location:
• determine a location-based gaming feature associated with the designated hotspot location, and
• automatically trigger the location-based gaming feature without requiring an input from a user of the mobile computing device, the automatically triggering the location-based gaming feature including initiating play of at least a portion of the wagering game.

A computer-implemented method of conducting a wagering game with a mobile computing device configured to wirelessly communicate information with a gaming system, the method comprising:

• receiving an indication of a physical location of the mobile computing device;
• determining if the physical location of the mobile computing device corresponds to or is within a predetermined proximity of a designated hotspot location;
• and
• responsive to the physical location of the mobile computing device corresponding to or being within the predetermined proximity of the designated hotspot location:
• determining a location-based gaming feature associated with the designated hotspot location, and
• automatically triggering the location-based gaming feature without requiring an input from a user of the mobile computing device, the automatically triggering the location-based gaming feature including initiating play of at least a portion of the wagering game.