US 20150213683A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2015/0213683 A1 Graham et al. (43) Pub. Date: Jul. 30, 2015 (54) INTEGRATING REMOTELY-HOSTED AND (52) U.S. Cl. LOCALLY RENDERED CONTENT ON A CPC ........ G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/3225 GAMING DEVICE (2013.01) (71) Applicant: IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US) (57) ABSTRACT (72) Inventors: Jacob Graham, Sparks, NV (US); Gregory A. Schlottmann, Sparks, NV A wager gaming machine may be configured not only to (US); Steven G. LeMay, Reno, NV provide wagering games, but also to communicate with one or (US); Richard E. Rowe, Las Vegas, NV more hosts that can provide information and/or services per (US) taining to local wager gaming events, including but not lim ited to local tournaments, local restaurants, local messages (21) Appl. No.: 14/677.567 (e.g., messages from other players in the gaming E. 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