Casino electronic gaming machine cabinet with mobile device dock and related techniques

A method of providing wagering game play to a player having a mobile device in a casino venue, the method comprising:

• providing in the casino venue a casino electronic gaming machine cabinet comprising at least one display screen, a plurality of input controls, a dock configured to receive the player's mobile device, and at least one communication interface capable of electronic communication with the player's mobile device via the dock while the mobile device executes wagering game software providing wagering game play to the player;
• receiving, at the casino electronic gaming machine cabinet, wagering game input commands entered by the player via the input controls of the casino electronic gaming machine cabinet;
• transmitting, from the casino electronic gaming machine cabinet to the player's mobile device via the at least one communication interface while the player's mobile device is docked at the casino electronic gaming machine cabinet, control signals corresponding to the received wagering game input commands, the control signals being configured to provide control input to the wagering game software executing on the player's docked mobile device;
• receiving, at the casino electronic gaming machine cabinet from the player's docked mobile device via the at least one communication interface, graphics output from the wagering game software providing visual components of the wagering game play;
• displaying, on the at least one display screen of the casino electronic gaming machine cabinet, the graphics output from the wagering game software executing on the player's docked mobile device;
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• in response to determining that the mobile device has moved from outside a boundary of the casino venue to inside the boundary of the casino venue, changing at least one parameter of the wagering game software, including changing at least one aspect of the wagering game play other than wagering allowability.

At least one non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a player's mobile device, perform a method of providing wagering game play to the player while the mobile device is docked at a casino electronic gaming machine cabinet, the method comprising:

• receiving, from the casino electronic gaming machine cabinet, control signals corresponding to wagering game input commands entered by the player via input controls of the casino electronic gaming machine cabinet, the control signals being configured to provide control input to wagering game software executing on the docked mobile device;
• executing the wagering game software at the mobile device using the control input from the control signals received from the casino electronic gaming machine cabinet, wherein executing the wagering game software comprises performing at least one random number generation function in providing the wagering game play to the player;
• transmitting, to the casino electronic gaming machine cabinet, graphics output from the wagering game software providing visual components of the wagering game play for display on a display of the casino electronic gaming machine cabinet;
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• detecting, using a camera of the mobile device, at least one gesture made by the player;
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• using the at least one gesture detected by the mobile device's camera as a control input for the wagering game software executing on the docked mobile device.