Side betting for enriched game play environment (single and/or multiplayer) for casino applications

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A gaming system for processing a side bet in a hybrid game having an entertainment game and a gambling game, the gaming system comprising:
a real world controller connected to a game world controller, the real world controller constructed to:
receive, from the game world controller, a wager trigger; anddetermine a gambling outcome for a wager of an amount of real world credit in accordance with a gambling proposition of the gambling game using the trigger; an entertainment software controller connected to the game world controller by a network, the entertainment software controller constructed to:
provide the entertainment game to a player, the entertainment game having a game world and entertainment game objects used by the player in the context of the game world;generate a game play outcome based on actions taken by the player in the context of the game world; andcommunicate, to the game world controller, the actions taken by the player in the context of the game world; and the game world controller connected to the real world controller and the entertainment software controller, wherein the game world controller is constructed to:
communicate, to the entertainment software controller, a proposal of a side bet to be presented to the player, wherein the side bet is associated with the game play outcome, has as a wager an amount of the entertainment game objects, and has a payout of entertainment game objects;receive, from the entertainment software controller, the actions taken by the player in the context of the game world of the entertainment game of during the player's playing of the entertainment game;trigger the wager of the amount of real world credits in the real world controller based on the actions taken by the player in the context of the game world of the entertainment game;make the payout of entertainment game objects for the side bet using the game play outcome based on the actions taken by the player in the context of the game world; andupdate a state of the entertainment game based on the payout of entertainment game objects of the side bet.