8. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the first game session relates to a casino card game and wherein the at least one first action includes at least one action selected from a group consisting of: initiating dealing of at least one card, initiating discarding of at least one card, initiating collection of at least one card, and initiating selection of at least one card.
1. A gaming system in a casino gaming network, comprising: a gaming controller; memory; at least one interface configured to communicate with at least one other device in the gaming network; a first hand-held device configured to communicate with the gaming controller, the first hand-held device including a display and a first gesture input interface device configured to detect movements of the first hand-held device associated with one or more persons; and a first gesture interpretation component configured to identify selected movements detected by the first gesture input interface device and to generate gesture interpretation information relating to interpretation of the selected movements, wherein the gaming system is configured to: determine a current location of the gaming system, control a wager-based game provided by the gaming system, detect a first gesture by a first player participating in a first game session at the gaming system, interpret the first gesture based on the current location of the gaming system and with respect to a first set of criteria, identify at least one first action to be initiated in response to the first gesture interpretation, initiate the at least one first action, and present a game interface on the display of the first hand-held device, wherein the game interface is configured to facilitate interaction with the wager-based game by the first player.