GAMBLING COMMUNICATOR SYSTEM
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.
1 . A network distributed processing system, comprising:
a mobile computing device connected to a controller by a network, wherein the mobile computing device is configured to:
provide a user interface for a player of an interactive entertainment game of skill, wherein the user interface includes an entertainment game portion and a gambling game communicator portion;
communicate to the controller via the network, an action taken by the player while playing the entertainment game and interacting with the entertainment game portion of the user interface;
receive from the controller via the network, gambling game communicator information; and
display the gambling game communicator information to the player using the gambling game communicator portion of the user interface;
a server connected to the controller via a communication link, wherein the server is constructed to:
receive from the controller via the communication link, a trigger of a gambling event of a wager of real world credits;
execute a wager of real world credits in accordance with a regulated gambling proposition to determine a result of the gambling event; and
communicate to the controller via the communication link, the result of the gambling event; and
the controller connected to the mobile computing device by the network and connected to the server by the communication link, wherein the controller is configured to:
receive from the mobile computing device via the network, the player action;
determine the trigger of the gambling event using the player action;
communicate to the server via the communication link, the trigger of the gambling event;
receive from the server via the communication link, the result of the gambling event;
generate the gambling game communicator information based upon the result of the gambling event; and
communicate to the mobile computing device via the network, the gambling game communicator information.
2 . The network distributed processing system of claim 1 wherein the gambling game communicator portion includes a gambling game presentation portion and a status portion.
3 . The network distributed processing system of claim 2 wherein the gambling game presentation portion includes a graphical depiction of a gambling game.
4 . The network distributed processing system of claim 2 wherein the gambling game presentation portion includes a textual description of the gambling event.
5 . The network distributed processing system claim 2 wherein the gambling game presentation portion includes an audio presentation related to the gambling event.
6 . The network distributed processing system of claim 2 wherein the status portion includes a graphic depiction indicating the result of a wager on the gambling event.
7 . The network distributed processing system of claim 1 wherein the controller and the server are constructed from a same processing apparatus.
8 . The network distributed processing system of claim 1 wherein the controller and the server are constructed from different processing apparatuses, and wherein the communication link utilizes the network.