Side betting for enriched game play environment (single and/or multiplayer) for casino applications
View Patent ↗Methods and 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.
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 engine connected to a game world engine, the real world engine constructed to determine a gambling outcome for a wager of an amount of real world credit in accordance with a gambling proposition of the gambling game using a trigger accepted from the game world engine;
an entertainment software engine connected to the game world engine by a network, the entertainment software engine 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; and
generate a game play outcome based on the actions taken by the player in the context of the game world; and
the game world engine connected to the real world engine and the entertainment software engine, wherein the game world engine is constructed to:
present to the player, a proposal of a side bet regarding the game play outcome, the side bet having as a wager an amount of the entertainment game objects and the side bet having a payout of entertainment game objects;
monitor 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 engine 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; and
update a state of the entertainment game based on the payout of entertainment game objects of the side bet.
2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the side bet is between the player of the hybrid game and the hybrid game.
3. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the side bet is between the player an another of the hybrid game.
4. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the entertainment game objects are game world credits earned by the player by skillful play of the entertainment game by the player.
5. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the entertainment game objects are enabling elements that are consumed and accumulated by the player in the context of the entertainment game.
6. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine is connected to the real world engine by the network.
7. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine and the real world engine are constructed using a same data processing apparatus.
8. 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 engine connected to a game world engine by a network, the real world engine constructed to determine a gambling outcome for a wager of an amount of real world credit in accordance with a gambling proposition of the gambling game using a trigger accepted from the game world engine;
an entertainment software engine connected to the game world engine, the entertainment software engine 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; and
generate a game play outcome based on the actions taken by the player in the context of the game world; and
the game world engine connected to the real world engine and the entertainment software engine, wherein the game world engine is constructed to:
present to the player, a proposal of a side bet regarding the game play outcome, the side bet having as a wager an amount of the entertainment game objects, and the side bet having a payout of entertainment game objects;
monitor 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 engine 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; and
update a state of the entertainment game based on the payout of entertainment game objects of the side bet.
9. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the side bet is between the player of the hybrid game and the hybrid game.
10. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the side bet is between the player and another player of the hybrid game.
11. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the entertainment game objects are game world credits earned by the player by skillful play of the entertainment game by the player.
12. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the entertainment game objects are enabling elements that are consumed and accumulated by the player in the context of the entertainment game.
13. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the entertainment software engine and the game world engine are constructed using a same data processing apparatus.