Abstract: An electronic gaming machine including an interactive processing device, a process controller and a wager controller that operate together to provide an interactive application, trigger a wager request based on user input, generate bonus items based on a wager result, allow additional input by a user, and generate a bonus item event based on the user inputs.

Abstract: A timed skill objective wagering system is disclosed. The timed skill objective wagering system includes an interactive controller configured to present a timed skill objective to a player, detect a successful skillful interaction by the player within a specified time period, increment a skill objective metric when the successful skillful interaction is detected, determine a skill outcome of achievement of the skill objective when the skill objective metric exceeds a threshold value, and communicate the skill outcome to a process controller. The process controller is configured to generate a chance-based outcome of an amount of credits, receive the skill outcome from the interactive controller, and determine a combined wagering outcome using the chance-based outcome and the skill outcome.

Abstract: An electronic gaming machine including an interactive processing device, a process controller and a wager controller that operate together to provide an interactive application, trigger a wager request based on user input, generate application resources based on a wager result, allow application resource management by a user, determine updated application resources, and generate a bonus item event based on the user selected application resources.

Abstract: Hedged offer skill wagering systems are disclosed. During operation, a multiplayer hedged offer skill wagering system presents an interactive application in the form of an interactive game to two or more players, receives a selection from each of the two or more player's of respective hidden possible award values from a set of hidden possible award values, determines a winning player based on the relative performance of the two or more players in the interactive game, presents to the winning player a hedged offer award value, receives a selection from the winning player a selection of the hedged offer award value or a selection of a the player's respective hidden possible award value, and awards to winning player the selected award value. A single player hedged offer skill wagering system presents an interactive game to a single player and offers hedged offer award values to the player during interactive gameplay.

Abstract: An item matching skill competition wagering system is disclosed. An interactive controller is constructed to receive three or more sets of symbols for an item matching game from a process controller, present the item matching game to the two or more players, detect player selections of matching symbols, determine a winning player as between the two or more players based on the players selections. The process controller is constructed to communicate with the interactive controller, generate the three or more sets of symbols, and communicate the three or more sets of symbols to the interactive controller.