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 time-synchronizing wagering system is disclosed. The time-synchronizing wagering system includes an interactive controller; a credit processing controller; a regulated server; and a client station that allows for a skill-based game trigger point to be associated with a timestamp, compare the timestamp against a master timer, and determine a winner based on the comparison of the timestamp against a regulated timestamp.

Abstract: An electronic gaming machine constructed to receive credits from a plurality of users uses an interactive controller to generate an interactive application of an entertainment game using a ball and a paddle on a fixed arc, detect a user interaction with the user interface and communicate a user interaction data to a process controller, receive from the process controller a random outcome, display the random outcome; and a process controller operatively connecting the interactive controller to a chance-based controller, wherein the process controller is constructed to receive a plurality of random outcomes, create a distribution of the plurality of random outcomes, associate each of the plurality of random outcomes with a user interaction, determine if the random outcome should be revealed using the user interaction data, communicate to the interactive controller, the random outcome, and update the distribution of the plurality of random outcomes.

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: Systems and methods for operating a pre-authorized transaction interleaved wagering system are disclosed. A pre-authorized transaction interleaved wagering system uses pre-determined unique pre-authorized transaction identifiers to track transactions between and entertainment game and a game world controller that manages wager decisions within the pre-authorized transaction interleaved wagering system.

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: A variable skill reward wagering system is disclosed. The system includes an interactive controller that determines a skill outcome for a user while playing a skill-based game of the interactive controller, and communicate the skill outcome to a process controller. The system further includes a variable skill reward controller determines an amount of credits to add to a variable skill reward pool credit meter datastore, receive the skill outcome for the user from the process controller, and determine a variable skill reward of credits from the variable skill reward pool credit meter datastore for the user based on the skill outcome. The system further includes the process controller that receives the skill outcome from the interactive controller, communicates the skill outcome to the variable skill reward controller, and receives the variable skill reward of credits from the variable skill reward controller.

Abstract: A networked combined proposition wagering system is disclosed. The system includes an interactive controller constructed to communicate with a process controller, determine a skill outcome for two or more skill objectives presented to a user, and communicate to the process controller the skill outcome. The system further includes a chance-based controller constructed to communicate with the process controller, the chance based controller is further constructed to generate an ordered set of chance components having one or more chance outcomes using a random number generator and a paytable, and communicate the ordered set of chance components to the process controller. The system further includes the process controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the chance-based controller, wherein the process controller is further constructed to receive the skill outcome, and update one or more credit meters using the skill outcome and the ordered set of chance components.

Abstract: An electromechanical gaming machine for applying an anti-cheating system including a real world controller constructed to provide a gambling game; an entertainment software controller constructed to execute an entertainment game; a game world controller constructed to manage the entertainment software controller and communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that trigger the wager for the gambling game to the gambling game; and the anti-cheating module constructed to: establish a series of penalty thresholds, receive player information for the player where the player information is related to the anti-cheating measure; apply an associated punitive measure if the penalty threshold is met.

Abstract: An electronic gaming machine constructed to receive real credits, including a real world engine configured to provide a randomly generated payout for a gambling game and a game world engine configured to manage an entertainment software engine to provide outcomes based upon a player's skillful execution of an entertainment game are provided. In operation, an amount of real world credits are wagered in the real world engine, a randomly generated payout of real world credits is determined based upon the wagered amount using the real world engine, a number of elements are added that are ascribed to a player and that are scaled according to a scaling ratio set by the game world engine relative to the payout of real world credits using the game world engine.

Abstract: An interleaved wagering system including an interactive controller constructed to communicate application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller. The system also includes a wager controller constructed to communicate a wager result associated with a received wager request. The system also includes the application controller operatively connected to the interactive controller and the wager controller, and constructed to: receive application telemetry; upon receiving application telemetry, determine whether to trigger a supplementary mode based on a threshold value; and communicate a notification to provide a supplementary mode session. The interactive controller is further constructed to: provide the supplementary mode session upon receiving the supplementary mode notification; communicate results of the supplementary mode session.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an adapted skill wagering interleaved game are disclosed. An adapted skill wagering game is provides a 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 entertainment system also provides a game world interface that uses game world variable that describe a game state of the entertainment game to determine when a gambling event is triggered. In response to a determination that a gambling event being triggered, the game world interface of the entertainment system sends a trigger to the real credit operating system to perform a gambling event in the gambling game. The real credit operating system then performs the gambling event and resolves any wagers on the outcome of the gambling event.

Abstract: An electromechanical gaming machine that provides an entertainment game wherein a user controls the movement of a ship across a fixed plane. A user may select a gambling game that uses non-explicit triggers for wagers through the use of an entertainment software engine. A game world engine detects the trigger and then requests a real world engine to resolve the gambling event. The results of the gambling event are communicated to the game world engine which then instructs the entertainment software engine to generate a display.

Abstract: A hybrid game having a user selectable gambling game is provided.

Abstract: A non-sequential frame insertion interleaved wagering system including an interactive processing device to provide an interactive application; communicate application telemetry data; incorporate application resource data into the interactive application; a wager controller to: determine a wager outcome; and communicate wager data; and the process controller operatively connecting the interactive processing device and the wager controller, and constructed to: generate non-sequential frames; determine whether disruption system parameters are met; communicate generated non-sequential frames; determine a change in user performance; when a change in user performance is determined, notify the wager controller; trigger a wager request; distribute wagering telemetry and application resource data.

Abstract: A color alteration interleaved wagering system is disclosed, including a wireless device constructed to: provide an interactive application; receive display adjustment data; receive color compensation data; configure the interactive application display; communicate application data; receive wagering and application resource data; configure a wagering user interface; a wager controller constructed to: receive wager request; determine and communicate wager outcome; and the process controller operatively connecting the wireless device and the wager controller, and constructed to: communicate display adjustment data; determine whether to use a color alteration system; communicate color compensation data; trigger a wager request; communicate wager request data; receive and scan wager outcome data; communicate wagering telemetry data and application resource data.

Abstract: An interleaved wagering system with precalculated possibilities is disclosed. The system includes an interactive controller constructed to receive a user input from a user and communicate the user input to an application controller. The application controller determines a set of future user actions using the user input. The interactive controller communicates a subsequent user input to the application controller. The application controller determines a subsequent user action from the subsequent user input and compares the subsequent user action to the set of future user actions. If an anomaly is detected between the subsequent and future user actions, then an error condition is determined for the system.

Abstract: A gambling hybrid game that provides a reel game having a display with changeable opacity is disclosed. The gambling hybrid game includes an entertainment system engine that provides an interactive game to a user, a real world engine that provides reel games to the user, and a game world engine that monitors the entertainment game and provides the reel game when appropriate. The real world engine provides the reel game including generating a display of the reel game. During provision of the gambling game, the real world engine determines the state of the interactive game and changes the opacity of the display based upon the state of the game.