Providing secondary wagering-game play via a mobile device

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

• determining an electronic indicator for a game code associated with a secondary game, wherein the determining comprises scanning, from a physical game card by a mobile device, a physical item associated with the secondary game, and wherein the physical game card is associated with a wagering game separate from the secondary game;
• determining, via at least one of the set of one or more processors, the electronic indicator for the game code in response to the physical item being scanned;
• providing, via at least one of the set of one or more processors, an electronic indication of the outcome for presentation via an electronic output device of the mobile device;
• and
• wherein said operations further comprising one or more of decoding the electronic indicator for the game code, verifying that the game code is valid for the secondary game, and generating the outcome for the secondary game.

A gaming system, comprising:

• one or more electronic processing units;
• and
• at least one memory device configured to store instructions which, when executed by the at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the gaming system to perform operations to determine an electronic indicator for a game code associated with a secondary game, wherein a physical item associated with the secondary game is scanned from a physical game card by a mobile device, and wherein the physical game card is associated with a wagering game separate from the secondary game, determine the electronic indicator for the game code in response to the physical item being scanned, and provide an electronic indication of the outcome for presentation via the mobile device;
• and
• wherein the at least one memory device is configured to store instructions which, when executed by the at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the gaming system to perform operations to:
• receive, via a network communication interface of the gaming system, a first electronic message from the mobile device, wherein the first electronic message includes an electronic copy of the game code;
• automatically verify that the electronic copy of the game code is valid for the secondary game;
• generate a second electronic message with a web link;
• and
• send the second electronic message with the web link, wherein the mobile device is configured to open the web link in a browser application.