1. A gaming system in a casino gaming network, comprising: a gaming controller; memory; at least one interface for communicating with at least one other device in the gaming network; a first gesture input interface device operable to detect movements gestures associated with one or more persons; a first gesture interpretation component operable to identify selected movements or gestures detected by the first gesture input interface device, and operable to generate gesture interpretation information relating to interpretation of the selected movements or gestures; the gaming system being operable to: automatically detect a first gesture by a first player participating in a first game session at the gaming system; interpret the first gesture with respect to a first set of criteria; generate gesture interpretation information relating to the interpretation of the first gesture; and advance a state of the first game session using at least a portion of the gesture interpretation information.