Portable gaming device for viewing wagering results

Abstract

A portable amusement device which displays results of gambling games such as a slot machine. If a player wins money after viewing results of the gambling games, the player can collect his or her winnings from a casino or issuer of the amusement device.

1 . A method, comprising: 
 generating and storing results of a random wagering game by a source computer;    copying the results into a portable viewing device; and    displaying the results on the portable viewing device.    
   
   
       2 . A method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the random wagering game is a slot machine.  
   
   
       3 . A method as recited in  claim 2 , further comprising spinning the slot machine when a user presses a button on the portable viewing device.  
   
   
       4 . A method as recited in  claim 3 , further comprising not allowing the user to continue to spin the slot machine when the results have all been displayed.  
   
   
       5 . A method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the generating further comprises generating results until an amount of credits resulting from the wagering game is zero.  
   
   
       6 . A method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the generating further comprises generating results until an amount of credits resulting from the wagering game exceeds a win cap amount.  
   
   
       7 . A method as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising crediting to a purchaser or borrower of the portable viewing device an amount based on a tabulation of the results.  
   
   
       8 . A method as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising awarding non-monetary prizes based on the entire results.  
   
   
       9 . A method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the random wagering game is keno.  
   
   
       10 . A method as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the results comprise a plurality of: random numbers picked and a respective set of desired numbers.  
   
   
       11 . A method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the random wagering game is bingo.  
   
   
       12 . A method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the portable viewing device is a PDA.  
   
   
       13 . A method, comprising: 
 generating and storing a plurality of results of a random wagering game by a source computer;    copying the results onto a computer readable storage; and    copying software onto the computer readable storage which can read the results and display the results.    
   
   
       14 . A method as recited in  claim 13 , wherein each of the results has an associated monetary value.  
   
   
       15 . A method as recited in  claim 14 , wherein one of the results may have an associated non-monetary prize.  
   
   
       16 . A method as recited in  claim 13 , wherein the software reads the results and displays a slot machine game prompted by a user.  
   
   
       17 . A method as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the software emulates existing slot machines.  
   
   
       18 . An apparatus, comprising: 
 a storage storing a set of predetermined wagering game results;    a processing unit reading results from the set and displaying a wagering game using the results on an output device.    
   
   
       19 . A computer readable storage medium, comprising: 
 data representing a set of predetermined wagering game results;    software controlling a computer to perform: 
 reading results from the set; and  
 displaying a wagering game using the results on an output device.