Abstract: A draw certificate hybrid game system that uses encrypted draw certificates issued by a draw server to resolve wagers in a gambling game. The draw certificate hybrid game system uses a computing device to provide a entertainment game of skill. Player actions are received by the computing device and used to determine a wager in a wagering event game. This wager is associated with an encrypted draw certificate. In response to the indicated wager, the computing device requests an authentication result, determined by the draw server decrypting an encrypted draw certificate. The computing device then determines a wager result from the authentication result, provides the wager result to the player within the entertainment game, and determines a change the entertainment game based on the wager result.

Abstract: A gambling integrated game that includes an entertainment system engine that provides an entertainment game to a user, a real world engine that provides gambling games to one or more users, and a game world engine that monitors the entertainment game and provides gambling games when appropriate. The entertainment system engine provides an entertainment game that includes random events. When a random event occurs in the entertainment game, the entertainment system engine resolves the random event and provides the results of the random event to the game world engine. The game world engine receives the results of the random event and determines gambling results based upon the results of the random event.

Abstract: A method of operating a pari-mutuel wagering system is disclosed. The system includes receiving by the gaming system from a player an input of real world credit; generating by the gaming system wager options based on a pari-mutuel wagering event; providing by the gaming system a display screen configured to display a player interface that depicts the wager options using a thematic representation of the pari-mutuel wagering event; receiving by the gaming system a player's selection for the placement of a wager based on the wager options; determining by the gaming system a payout of real world credits using a pari-mutuel wagering event; generating by the gaming system the player interface display that depicts the representation of the payout of real world credits; and allocating by the gaming system the payout of real world credits to the credit meter.

Abstract: A variable skill objective wagering system is disclosed. The variable skill objective wagering system includes an interactive controller that receives a skill proposition for a skill-based game from a process controller, generates a player presentation based on the skill proposition, detects player interactions of a player with the player presentation, detects a skill outcome based on the player interactions and the skill proposition, and communicates the skill outcome to the process controller. The process controller operatively connected to the interactive controller, wherein the process controller is constructed to generate a random result using a random number generator, determine a skill objective of the skill proposition based on the random result, communicate the skill proposition to the interactive controller; and receive a skill outcome for the skill proposition from the interactive controller.

Abstract: An augmented or replaced application outcome interleaved wagering system is disclosed. The system includes an interactive controller operatively connected to an application controller by a network, the interactive controller configured to: communicate application telemetry; receive application outcomes, advancement of an interactive application being based on the application outcomes; and receive a wager outcome. The system also includes a wager controller operatively connected to the application controller, the wager controller constructed to: receive application outcome requests; generate application outcomes; communicate the application outcomes; determine a wager outcome.

Abstract: Systems including: a player's device constructed to: communicate device information; receive entertainment game control logic; and communicate an authorization to commence a SWig session; a geographical location server constructed to: receive the device information; determine a geographical location of the player's device; and communicate the geographical location; and the SWig server connected to the player's device and the geographical location server by a network, and constructed to: receive the device information; receive the geographical location of the player's device; when the geographical location of the player's device is not within a real credit wagering jurisdiction, communicate entertainment game control logic; receive the authorization to commence the SWig session; initiate the SWig session using virtual currency.

Abstract: An insurance enabled hybrid gaming system including a terminal with an entertainment software engine, a real world engine, and a game world engine connecting the entertainment software engine and the real world engine using a network, the system constructed to provide an entertainment game and a gambling game which activates an insurance proposition associated with an insurance trigger event in the entertainment game in exchange for an insurance fee when there is a gameplay event of the entertainment game dependent upon player action and an insurance module that mitigates the negative outcome.

Abstract: An electronic gaming machine for a linked stochastic element wagering process is disclosed. The electronic gaming machine includes an interactive controller constructed to receive a stochastic element from a process controller, generate an interactive user interface including interactive elements using the stochastic element, detect player interactions of a player with the interactive elements, determine an interactive intermediate state based on the player interactions, and communicate the interactive intermediate state to the process controller. The process controller includes a random number generator and is constructed to generate the stochastic element using the random number generator, determine a system intermediate state using the stochastic element, communicate the stochastic element to the interactive controller, receive the interactive intermediate state from the interactive controller, and determine an award state based on the interactive intermediate state and the system intermediate state.

Abstract: A market based interleaved wagering system is disclosed. The system includes an interactive server constructed to: provide an interactive application; receive an identification of one or more application generated stocks; communicate the stock identification and application telemetry; and receive a wager outcome and an application resource based on the identified stocks and application telemetry. The system also includes a wager server constructed to: receive a wager request and the stock identification; communicate a request for stock information associated with the stock identification; receive stock information associated with the stock identification; generate a wager outcome based on the stock information; and communicate the wager outcome.

Abstract: A networked gaming system administering a multi-user entertainment game; modifying player actions based on wagers, modifying the game state based on the player actions, and distributing the modified game state to a second player using entertainment software controllers wherein each entertainment software controller is connected to one of a plurality of game world controllers; a plurality of game world controllers, wherein each game world controller is connected to the game server and one of a plurality of real world controllers.

Abstract: A functional transformation interleaved wagering system including an interactive controller configured to: provide an interactive application; communicate, to an application controller, a wager request; receive a wager outcome; receive an indication to provide entrance to a lottery for a period of time; provide the lottery; and communicate, to the application controller, application telemetry; a wager controller constructed to: receive the wager request; communicate the wager outcome; receive an indication; and the application controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller and constructed to: receive the wager request; communicate, to the wager controller, the wager request; receive the wager outcome; communicate, to the interactive controller, the wager outcome; communicate the indication to provide the lottery for a period of time; and receive the application telemetry.

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 receive the skill outcome from the interactive controller, generate a chance-based outcome of an amount of credits and determine a wagering outcome using the chance-based outcome.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a gambling game communicator in an interface of a gambling communicator hybrid game are disclosed. The gambling game communicator conveys information about the occurrences and outcomes of gambling events and any wagers on the results of the gambling events.

Abstract: A selectable intermediate result interleaved wagering system is disclosed. The system includes an interactive controller operatively connected to an application controller, and constructed to: communicate application telemetry; receive an intermediate offer; communicate an indication to accept the intermediate offer; receive an application resource associated with the intermediate offer; and receive a wager outcome. The system also includes a wager controller operatively connected to the application controller, the wager controller constructed to: receive the wager request; generate a wager outcome; and communicate the wager outcome.

Abstract: In an interactive entertainment game, passively actuated enabling elements are provided when a player elects to include them. Passively actuated enabling elements are enabling elements that are consumed through game play of the entertainment game but not directly through player action by a player. The system determines when a passively actuated enabling element is consumed in the game. A gambling event is provided based upon the consumption of the passively actuated enabling element. The system then resolves the gambling event and associated wagers on the outcome of the gambling event.

Abstract: A skill distributed outcome wagering system is disclosed. The system includes an interactive processing device, wherein the interactive processing device is configured to determine a skill outcome for a player, wherein the skill outcome includes a skill metric and one or more skill objectives achieved by the player while playing a skill-based game of the interactive processing device, and communicate the skill outcome to a process controller. The system further includes a skill bonus controller, wherein the skill bonus controller is configured to receive a skill metric for a player from a process controller, and determine a bonus for the player based on the skill metric.

Abstract: A gambling hybrid game that provides game history validation. The gambling hybrid game includes an entertainment system engine that provides an entertainment game to a user, a real world engine that provides gambling games to users, and a game world engine that monitors the entertainment game and provides gambling games when appropriate. The entertainment system engine stores game history information in response to a trigger event and provides at least a portion of the stored game history information to a game world engine. The game world engine stores received portion of the game history information. When a request for game history verification is received by the game world engine, the game world engine retrieves the game history information from the entertainment system engine and used the portion of the game history information stored by the game world engine to verify the game history information from the entertainment system engine.

Abstract: A method of operating a gaming system having a random number generator, a credit meter, and a first hybrid game containing an entertainment game portion and a gambling game portion. Skill play in the entertainment game is used to provide entrance to an asynchronous hybrid game tournament. The award for the asynchronous hybrid game tournament uses contributions from the real credit wagers in the gambling game of the first hybrid game.

Abstract: An electronic gambling game machine for processing a side bet in a hybrid game having a gambling game portion and an entertainment game portion. The side bet is made in regards to the play of the entertainment portion of the hybrid game and can be made using a real world credit, a game world credit, a game world element or a combination thereof. If the side bet is made using a real world credit, the real world credits used by the gambling game portion of the hybrid game and credited to a player are incremented or decremented. If the side bet is made using a game world element, the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game is updated based on the outcome of the side bet.

Abstract: An electronic gaming 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: determine whether to trigger a supplementary mode; when triggering the supplementary mode is determined, 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.