9. A mobile hand-held device for use in a casino gaming network, comprising: a gaming controller; memory; a first display; at least one interface configured to communicate with at least one other device in the gaming network; a first gesture input interface device configured to detect movements 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 configured to generate gesture interpretation information relating to interpretation of the selected movements; wherein the hand-held device is configured to: control a wager-based game provided by the hand-held device, determine a current location of the hand-held device, select a hand-held device operating mode from a plurality of operating modes corresponding to different types of gaming activities provided in different locations based on the current location of the hand-held device, detect a first gesture by a first player participating in a first game session with the hand-held device, interpret the first gesture based on the selected operating mode 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 first display, wherein the game interface is configured to facilitate interaction with the wager-based game by the first player.
9. A mobile hand-held device for use in a casino gaming network, comprising: a gaming controller; memory; a first display; at least one interface configured to communicate with at least one other device in the gaming network; a first gesture input interface device configured to detect movements 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 configured to generate gesture interpretation information relating to interpretation of the selected movements; wherein the hand-held device is configured to: control a wager-based game provided by the hand-held device, determine a current location of the hand-held device, select a hand-held device operating mode from a plurality of operating modes corresponding to different types of gaming activities provided in different locations based on the current location of the hand-held device, detect a first gesture by a first player participating in a first game session with the hand-held device, interpret the first gesture based on the selected operating mode 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 first display, wherein the game interface is configured to facilitate interaction with the wager-based game by the first player. 11. The hand-held device of claim 9 , wherein the hand-held device is further configured to: associate the first gesture with at least one first game play instruction relating to the first game session, create first player input-game state association which associates the at least one first game play instruction with an advance of a state of the first game session, and store, in at least one data structure, information relating to the at least one first game play instruction, information relating to the advance of the state of the first game session, and information relating to the first player input-game state association.