Wireless communications among devices in a wager-based gaming environment are provided, including between a number of RFID-enabled player tracking cards (or “smart cards”) and an electronic wagering token. The electronic wagering token periodically samples and stores updated information received from the smart cards; periodically acquires updated wagering token ownership information relating to an identity of a current owner of the wagering token, based on the sampled and stored updated information; stores, in a memory of the wagering token, at least a portion of the updated token ownership information; and provides, to at least one external device, wireless access to a first selected portion of the updated token ownership information stored in the memory.