Abstract: Systems and methods for a gambling hybrid game having a resource management entertainment game are disclosed. In a resource management entertainment game, a player acquires and consumes resources to achieve a goal. An entertainment system engine of the gambling hybrid game provides 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: Methods and systems for personalizable hybrid games including a gambling game and an entertainment game are provided. A hybrid game includes 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. Parameter data indicative of player performance when playing the entertainment game at a first difficulty setting is collected and a difficulty setting is selected for the entertainment game based upon the collected parameter data. An amount of real world credit to be wagered in the gambling game may be determined based on the selected difficulty setting for the entertainment game, where real world credit is credit used in the gambling game.

Abstract: Methods and systems for enhanced head-to-head hybrid gaming are provided. An enhanced head-to-head hybrid game has a gambling game with a real world engine that provides a randomly generated payout for the gambling game, an entertainment software engine that executes an entertainment game providing outcomes upon a player's execution of the entertainment game, and a game world engine that manages the entertainment software engine and communicates gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon a player's execution of the entertainment game that trigger the gambling game. A global betting manager receives player performance measurements from the game world engine, determines tournament eligibility, assigns a tournament handicap based at least in part upon the performance measurements from the game world engine and sends information concerning these parameters to the game world engine which is configured to implement each assigned handicap and tournament eligibility within the enhanced head-to-head hybrid game.

Abstract: An insurance enabled hybrid gaming system is disclosed. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system includes an entertainment software engine constructed to provide an entertainment game. The hybrid gaming system also includes a real world engine constructed to provide a gambling game.

Abstract: A gaming system is provided, the gaming system including an entertainment software engine constructed to provide an entertainment game and display a received wager result separately of the entertainment game; a first and second real world engine constructed to provide a wager result in response to a wager request; and a game world engine connected to the entertainment software engine, the first and second real world engine using a network, the game world engine constructed to: receive a request for a wager for a player of the entertainment game, each request being triggered by a player action taken while playing the entertainment game in head-to-head competition; communicate, the first and second wager requests; receive a first and second wager result; and generate, based on the first and second wager result, a controlled sequence of a portion of the entertainment game, the controlled sequence changing the state of the entertainment game.

Abstract: Systems for a networked gaming system are disclosed, including an entertainment game controller connected to a game world controller, and constructed to: communicate an initialization request; receive a plurality of transaction identifiers; communicate game world information and a transaction identifier; receive a gambling outcome and game world resources; display gambling outcome; integrate game world resources; a real world controller connected to the game world controller, and constructed to: receive a wager request; determine gambling outcome; communicate gambling outcome; the game world controller connected to the entertainment game controller and to the real world controller, and constructed to: receive initialization request; determine whether or not the player is authorized; generate plurality of transaction identifiers; communicate plurality of transaction identifiers; receive game world information and transaction identifier; determine whether the transaction identifier is valid; communicate wager r

Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate an anti-sandbagging hybrid game. One embodiment includes an anti-sandbagging hybrid game, including: a gambling game; an entertainment game; a game world engine constructed to manage the entertainment game and communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that trigger randomly generated payouts for the gambling game to the gambling game; and an anti-sandbagging module constructed to: receive player performance measurements for at least one player from the game world engine; assign an anti-sandbagging provision to the at least one player based at least in part upon the performance measurements for the at least one player from the game world engine; and send information concerning the anti-sandbagging provision to the game world engine that configures the game world engine to implement the assigned anti-sandbagging provision within the anti-sandbagging hybrid game.

Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate a multilayer hybrid game including: a gambling game; a multilayer entertainment game that triggers at least one wager in the gambling game to the gambling game and provides outcomes at a plurality of gameplay layers, where: players at a same gameplay layer are engaged in gameplay subject to the same standards for gameplay progression and utilization of gameplay resources; where the game world engine utilizes a multilayer module constructed to: detect at least one player action responsive to gameplay within a first gameplay layer of the plurality of gameplay layers; determine a gameplay impact for at least one player at a second gameplay layer in response to the detection of the at least one player action; and apply the gameplay impact to the gameplay of at least one player at the second gameplay layer.

Abstract: An anti-cheating system includes a real world controller constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits for a wager of an amount of real world credits; an entertainment software controller constructed to provide outcomes upon a player's skillful execution of an entertainment game; a game world controller connecting the real world controller to the entertainment software controller using a communication link, the game world controller constructed to: manage the entertainment software controller and communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences to the real world controller; analyze player performance information to determine whether cheating is occurring by evaluating whether the player's current gameplay performance is beyond a statistical limit of randomness inherent in the hybrid game by comparing the player's current gameplay performance with historical gameplay using an outlier test; and communicate a command to penalize the player during play of the hybrid game.

Abstract: Systems and methods 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 consume an element of the entertainment game 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 and methods 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. 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: Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention include: a gambling game; an entertainment game; and a game world engine constructed to communicate, to the real world engine, gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that triggers a wager in the gambling game, the game world engine utilizing a skill calibration module constructed to receive, from the entertainment software engine, player performance information for the player, analyze the player performance information to determine the player's skill level in playing the entertainment game, determine whether the terms of the wager of the gambling game are calibrated in a manner appropriate to the player's skill level in the entertainment game, and send, to the real world engine, a command that causes the real world engine to calibrate the terms of the wager in the gambling game.

Abstract: Systems for making a side bet in a hybrid game having a gambling game portion and an entertainment game portion are provided. 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 or a game world element. 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: Systems and methods for operating a skill wagering interleaved game are disclosed. For example, a user interface manager for a skill wagering interleaved game operates to send a dialog to a player's end user device, receive the player's responses, and validate that the responses received match the dialog that was sent before providing the responses to the application. Additionally, the system enables pre-authorization of transactions in a game setting, by generating a transaction identifier associated with a game when it is determined that a player is authorized to play the game, and then performing wagers during the game when gaming information is associated with the transaction identifier.

Abstract: Systems of detecting unauthorized operation of a hybrid game are disclosed, including a plurality of hybrid games, each of the hybrid games constructed to: communicate, to a regulatory scanning and screening audit (RSSA) module, first and second game operating performance data (GOPD); and the RSSA module connected to the plurality of hybrid games via a communication link, the RSSA module constructed to: receive GOPD while the plurality of hybrid games are being played by a plurality of players, the GOPD comprising credit information accrued by the plurality of players; generate a reference profile using the GOPD; determining whether the second player is operating the hybrid game in an unauthorized manner; and generating a notification to an operator of the hybrid game upon determination that the second player is operating the hybrid game in an unauthorized manner.

Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate an autonomous agent hybrid game including a gambling game providing a game of chance and an entertainment game providing a game of skill, where the autonomous agent hybrid game utilizes an agency module constructed to: configure an agent player profile based upon player instructions, where an agent player action during entertainment game gameplay is determined by the configuration of the agent player profile; communicate an agent gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon an agent player action to the gambling game, where the gameplay gambling event occurrence triggers an agent wager in the gambling game; and allocate a payout from the agent wager to a player profile associated with the player instructions based upon the agent player profile.

Abstract: Systems and methods for configuring a gaming system. In one such gaming system, a plurality of real world engine modules are provided for a hybrid game, each real world engine module having a gambling game that is triggered by an element of an entertainment game of the hybrid game. A selection is received, from a player of the hybrid game, of a selected real world engine module of the plurality of real world engine modules, and triggering is enabled of the selected real world engine module's gambling game by the element of the entertainment game of the hybrid game.

Abstract: Systems and methods 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 consume an element of the entertainment game 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 and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention include: at least one gambling game with a real world engine; a multiplayer entertainment game with a head to head gambling controller constructed to: instruct the real world engine to conduct a head to head gambling session in which at least two players of the multiplayer entertainment game conduct at least one wager in at least one gambling game where real world credit payout as a result of the at least one wager in the at least one gambling game of the head to head gambling session is distributed between the at least two players of the multiplayer entertainment game within the head to head gambling session; and parameterize wager terms of each wager made in each gambling game of the head to head gambling session using information related to gameplay within the multiplayer entertainment game.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a gaming system are provided. The gaming system enables a player to engage in various types of gaming depending on the jurisdiction in which the player is located. For example, depending on the jurisdiction of a player's device, the gaming system may allow the player to wager using real world currency, or virtual currency. If the player's device is located in a jurisdiction that allows gambling using real world currency, the gaming system may allow the player to place wagers using real world currency. Alternatively, if the player's device is located in a jurisdiction that does not allow gambling using real world currency, the gaming system may limit the player to placing wagers using virtual currency.