Abstract: A threshold triggered interleaved wagering system is disclosed, including an interactive processing device constructed to: provide a display associated with an interactive application; continuously generate and communicate application telemetry data; receive wagering telemetry data and application resource data; automatically configure the display and incorporate the application resource data; a wager server constructed to: receive wager request instruction data; automatically determine a wager outcome; and communicate the wager outcome data to the process controller; and the process controller operatively connecting the interactive processing device and the wager server, and constructed to: receive the application telemetry data; determine whether to adjust a wager trigger value; determine whether to trigger a wager request; generate wager request instruction data; communicate the wager request instruction data; receive the wager outcome data; automatically determine the wagering telemetry data and the appli

Abstract: A social network wagering system is disclosed. The social network wagering system includes an electronic gaming subsystem and a social network proxy controller constructed to communicate with the electronic gaming subsystem. The social network proxy controller is constructed to receive wagering game state data from the electronic gaming subsystem, generate social network interactions based on the wagering game state data, and determine a social network game state using the social network interactions and the wagering game state data.

Abstract: An interleaved wagering system with randomized variable is disclosed. The system includes a mobile device that has an interactive controller that provides an entertainment game. An application controller operatively connects the mobile device to a wager controller. The application controller receives user input via the interactive controller, and requests a randomized variable from the wager controller. The application controller inserts the randomized variable into a skill event and communicates the result of the skill event to the wager controller. The wager controller generates a randomized variable. The wager controller uses the skill event data to determine if the skill event is successful according to parameters outside the control of the interactive application.

Abstract: An interleaved wagering system includes an interactive controller constructed to: provide an interactive application; receive a wager outcome and an application resource; provide an additional wager opportunity; receive an indication to engage in the additional wager opportunity; communicate an indication to engage in the additional wager opportunity; receive an additional wager outcome. The system also includes a wager controller constructed to determine and distribute wager outcomes. The system also includes an application controller operatively connected to the interactive controller and the wager controller, and constructed to: trigger a first wager, determine whether to trigger the additional wager opportunity; receive the indication to engage in the additional wager opportunity; communicate the additional wager; receive the additional wager outcome; communicate the received wager outcome.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a gambling hybrid game having an omniscience mode are disclosed. The systems and method involve receiving an input from a player accepting an omniscience gambling proposition. The results of a gambling event associated with the omniscience gambling proposition are then determined and wagers are resolved. The results of the gambling event are then used to determine information to provide a player to satisfy the omniscience gambling proposition.

Abstract: A method of operating a gaming system including: receiving by the gaming system from a player an input of real world credit; providing by the gaming system a display screen that depicts a representation of an entertainment game in which score values directly correlate to a standardized score; determining by the gaming system a game world score for a period of time; determining by the gaming system a standardized score value using the game world score; displaying by the gaming system the standardized score value; determining by the gaming system a gambling outcome, wherein the determination of the gambling outcome is triggered by trigger in the entertainment game; and allocating by the gaming system the randomly generated payout of real world credits to the credit meter.

Abstract: A catapult interleaved wagering system is disclosed.

Abstract: Systems for operating a Sudoku style hybrid game are disclosed. Sudoku style hybrid games can include a themed entertainment game in which a player places symbols into a Sudoku puzzle and events within the entertainment portion of the Sudoku style entertainment game can trigger wagers in a real world game of chance. Players may compete against each other to determine a winning player based on the amount of time taken to complete the puzzle of the Sudoku style entertainment game. The outcome of the wagers can result in payouts of real world credit and can also affect gameplay within the Sudoku style entertainment game.

Abstract: An electronic gaming machine (EGM) for card selection interleaved wagering is disclosed. The EGM provides an interactive game to a user. The interactive game includes a plurality of cards, each card corresponds to an action available to the user in the interactive game, and each action is associated with a wager amount. The EGM receives a card selection of a card of the plurality of cards from the user via the user input device, generates wager data used to trigger a wager based on the card selection and the wager amount associated with the card selection, determines a wager outcome using the random number generator, a paytable, and the received wager data, displays to the user the wager outcome using the display output device, and allows the user to take the action in the interactive game corresponding to selected card using via the user input device.

Abstract: A randomized initial condition gaming system including a gambling game and an entertainment game, where the system applies a randomized initial condition that: triggers a random number generator of gambling game to generate at least one initial condition random value; communicate at least one initial condition that triggers generation of an initial condition within an entertainment game gameplay session, where: the initial condition setting is based upon at least one initial condition random value; at least one payout parameter is determined upon the generation of an initial condition; and communicate a gambling event occurrence detected from the entertainment game that triggers a wager.

Abstract: A gambling hybrid game that provides an object alignment game in which a player attempts to form an alignment of a plurality of matching objects in a specified configuration as an entertainment game are disclosed. The entertainment engine provides the game in which a player takes an action. The entertainment engine generates status updates based on the game play of the object alignment game. The status of the game play is provided to a game world engine that determines when gambling events should be provided based on the status of game play and a real world engine resolves the gambling event and associated wagers.

Abstract: An interleaved wagering system with a reconciliation system is disclosed. The system includes an interactive controller constructed to receive a user input from a user, communicate the user input to an application controller, determine a first action outcome using the user input, and communicate the action outcome to the application controller. The application controller operatively connects the interactive controller to a wager controller, and the application controller is constructed to receive the user input and the action outcome from the interactive controller, determine a second action outcome from the user input, and correct the first action outcome using the second action outcome based on a comparison of the first action outcome and the second action outcome.

Abstract: An electronic gaming machine for pari-mutuel interleaved wagering. Operation of the electronic gaming machine includes receiving pari-mutuel wagering parameters for a wager from a pari-mutuel server, generating an interactive thematic graphical display using the pari-mutuel wagering parameters, displaying the thematic graphical display to a user, receiving a placement of a wager from the user, communicating the placement of the wager as a wager request to a pari-mutuel server, receiving from the pari-mutuel server, a pari-mutuel gambling outcome of the wager, determining a wager outcome from the pari-mutuel gambling outcome, generating interactive application resources and events using the wager outcome, and generating the interactive thematic graphical display using the interactive application resources and events.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a tournament entry mechanism in a skill wagering interleaved game are disclosed. A tournament entry mechanism in a skill wagering game is provides an entertainment game and a gambling game. The entertainment game is provided by an entertainment system and is managed by a game world operating system. The gambling game is provided by a real credit operating system. The skill wagering interleaved game with tournament entry mechanism also provides tournament “tickets” that may be obtained during gameplay of the entertainment game and used to gain tournament entry. One or more tickets may be required to gain entry into a particular tournament and different tournaments may specify different sets of ticket requirements. A player may accumulate tickets through the skillful gameplay of the entertainment game and/or a combination of skillful gameplay and/or randomly provided to a player during the gameplay of the entertainment game.

Abstract: A lottery skill wagering interleaved game system. An entertainment game is provided. Responsive to a scanned code provided by an entertainment game module, a random number generation result is generated based on the scanned code. A wager outcome is determined based on the scanned code and the random result. The skill wagering interleaved game interleaves a gambling game with an interactive entertainment game. A second chance entertainment game is provided on a user device based on a wager outcome.

Abstract: A resource management entertainment game including a mobile device, a player acquires and consumes resources to achieve a goal. An entertainment system engine of the gambling hybrid game provides player selection of wager denomination, the resource management entertainment game and determines when an interaction with a game element occurs in the game. A game world engine of the gambling hybrid game determines when a gambling event in a gambling game is to be provided based upon the interaction with game element in the resource management entertainment game. The game world engine then requests that a real world engine of the gambling hybrid game resolve the gambling event in the gambling game. The real world engine resolves the gambling event and associated wagers on the outcome of the gambling event.

Abstract: An interleaved wagering system includes an interactive controller constructed to: provide an interactive application; receive a wager outcome and an application resource; provide an additional wager opportunity; receive an indication to engage in the additional wager opportunity; communicate an indication to engage in the additional wager opportunity; receive an additional wager outcome. The system also includes a wager controller constructed to determine and distribute wager outcomes. The system also includes an application controller operatively connected to the interactive controller and the wager controller, and constructed to: trigger a first wager, determine whether to trigger the additional wager opportunity; receive the indication to engage in the additional wager opportunity; communicate the additional wager; receive the additional wager outcome; communicate the received wager outcome.

Abstract: Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate a controlled entity hybrid game. A controlled entity hybrid game includes a real world engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from at least one wager in a gambling game, an entertainment software engine constructed to execute an entertainment game providing outcomes based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game; and a game world engine constructed to manage the entertainment software engine and communicate, to the gambling game, a gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon a player's instruction of a controlled entity to complete a plurality of actions that triggers a wager in the gambling game, and change the element on the basis of the randomly generated payout and an entertainment game variable.

Abstract: Systems for providing a coincident gambling hybrid game having coincident gambling and game events is disclosed. The systems involve receive an input from a player. An action event in the game is then determined from the input. A gambling event that is associated with the action event is then determined. Any wagers on the gambling event are also. The results of the gambling event are then determined and the wagers are resolved. A random outcome used to determine a result of the gambling event is then used to change variables in a set of game variables and are applied in the game.

Abstract: A network distributed hybrid game system has a host for a hybrid game and a global betting manager. The host provides a real world credit meter and wagering results, an entertainment game, and interfaces with the global betting manager to provide side bets based on game data from the host and distributes results of side bets to the host that adjusts the real world credit meter.