Granted Patent B2

US 9,607,480 · App. 14/666,010 · Granted Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. A system for providing a lottery entry to a player of a networked hybrid game, comprising:

an entertainment software engine connected to a visual output device that provides a visual display of an entertainment game portion of the networked hybrid game, the entertainment game portion including a first type of enabling element and a second type of enabling element;

a real world engine that provides a gambling game portion of the networked hybrid game, and generates random gambling outcomes using a random number generator, for a gambling bet in real world credits; and

a game world engine coupled to the entertainment software engine and the real world engine via a network, that:

receives a lottery ticket from a lottery system;

monitors, via the network, the player's skillful play of the entertainment game, the monitored play including consumption of the second type of enabling element and the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;

pays out, via the network, game world credit to the player on the basis of the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;

triggers the gambling bet in the gambling game portion of the networked hybrid game on the basis of the consumption of the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;

receives, from the real world engine, a gambling outcome;

determines to award the lottery ticket to the player on the basis of attendant rules, the attendant rules based on the player's play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game; and

issues the lottery ticket to the player via the network.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine transmits, via the network, lottery ticket information on the issued lottery ticket to the lottery system.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine transmits, via the network, lottery ticket information on the issued lottery ticket to a patron management system.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine communicates, via the network, to the player that the lottery ticket has been issued.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine facilitates printing the lottery ticket using a printer associated with the system.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine determines awarding the lottery ticket to the player based on the consumption of the first type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game.

7. A system for providing a lottery entry to a player of a networked hybrid game, comprising:

an entertainment software engine connected to a visual output device that provides a visual display of an entertainment game portion of the networked hybrid game, the entertainment game portion including a first type of enabling element and a second type of enabling element; and

a game world engine coupled to the entertainment software engine via a network, that:

receives a lottery ticket from a lottery system;

monitors, via the network, the player's skillful play of the entertainment game, the monitored play including consumption of the second type of enabling element and the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;

pays out, via the network, game world credit to the player on the basis of the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;

triggers a gambling bet in a gambling game portion of the networked hybrid game on the basis of the consumption of the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;

receives, from a real world engine providing the gambling game, a gambling outcome using a random number generator;

determines to award the lottery ticket to the player on the basis of attendant rules, the attendant rules based on the player's play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game; and

issues the lottery ticket to the player via the network.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the game world engine transmits, via the network, lottery ticket information on the issued lottery ticket to the lottery system.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the game world engine transmits, via the network, lottery ticket information on the issued lottery ticket to a patron management system.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the game world engine communicates, via the network, to the player that the lottery ticket has been issued.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the game world engine facilitates printing the lottery ticket using a printer associated with the system.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the game world engine determines awarding the lottery ticket to the player based on the consumption of the first type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game.

13. A system for providing a lottery entry to a player of a networked hybrid game, comprising:

a game world engine that:

receives a lottery ticket from a lottery system;

monitors, via a network, the player's play of an entertainment game portion of the hybrid game, the monitored play including consumption of the second type of enabling element and the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;

pays out game world credit to the player on the basis of the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game; and

triggers, via the network, a gambling bet in a gambling game portion of the hybrid game on the basis of the consumption of the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;

receives, from a real world engine providing the gambling game, a gambling outcome using a random number generator;

determines to award the lottery ticket to the player on the basis of attendant rules, the attendant rules based on the player's play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game; and

issues the lottery ticket to the player via the network; and the real world engine coupled to the game world engine via the network, that:

provides, via the network, the gambling game portion of the hybrid game, the gambling game portion generating random gambling outcomes for a gambling bet in real world credits; and

executes the gambling bet in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game on the basis of the consumption of the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the game world engine transmits, via the network, lottery ticket information on the issued lottery ticket to the lottery system.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the game world engine transmits, via the network, lottery ticket information on the issued lottery ticket to a patron management system.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the game world engine communicates, via the network, to the player that the lottery ticket has been issued.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the game world engine facilitates printing the lottery ticket using a printer associated with the system.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the game world engine determines awarding the lottery ticket to the player based on the consumption of the first type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game.

Assignments (6)