Interactive game elements as lottery ticket in enriched game play environment (single and/or multiplayer) for casino applications

1. An electromechanical gaming machine constructed to provide a lottery entry to a player and to receive real world credits from the player, comprising:

an entertainment software engine connected to a visual output device that provides a visual display of a gambling game and an entertainment game, the entertainment game including an enabling element;

a real world engine that provides the gambling game, and generates random gambling outcomes using a random number generator, for a gambling bet using the received real world credits; and

a game world engine constructed from different processing apparatuses than the real world engine, coupled to the entertainment software engine and connected to the real world engine via a network that:

receives a lottery ticket from a lottery system;

monitors the consumption of the enabling element during a player's skillful play of the entertainment game;

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

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

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

determines if the lottery ticket should be awarded to the player on the basis of attendant rules, the attendant rules based on the player's play of the entertainment game; and

issues the lottery ticket to the player.

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

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

4. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine communicates to the player that the lottery ticket has been issued via the visual output device.

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

6. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine and the entertainment software engine are constructed from different processing apparatuses; and

wherein the game world engine and the entertainment software engine are connected by the network.

7. An electromechanical gaming machine constructed to provide a lottery entry to a player and to receive real world credits from the player, comprising:

an entertainment software engine connected to a visual output device that provides a visual display of a gambling game and an entertainment game, the entertainment game including an enabling element; and

a game world engine constructed from different processing apparatuses than a real world engine, coupled to the entertainment software engine and connected to the real world engine via a network that:

receives a lottery ticket from a lottery system;

monitors the consumption of the enabling element during a player's skillful play of the entertainment game;

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

triggers the gambling bet in the gambling game using the received real world credits on the basis of the consumption of the enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game;

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

determines if the lottery ticket should be awarded to the player on the basis of attendant rules, the attendant rules based on the player's play of the entertainment game; and

issues the lottery ticket to the player.

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

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

10. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 7 , wherein the game world engine communicates to the player that the lottery ticket has been issued via the visual output device.

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

12. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 7 , wherein the game world engine and the entertainment software engine are constructed from different processing apparatuses; and

wherein the game world engine and the entertainment software engine are connected by the network.

13. An electromechanical gaming machine constructed to provide a lottery entry to a player and to receive real world credits from the player, comprising:

a visual output device connected to the game world engine that provides a visual display of a gambling game and an entertainment game;

the game world engine constructed from different processing apparatuses than a real world engine, coupled to an entertainment software engine and connected to the real world engine via a network that:

receives a lottery ticket from a lottery system;

monitors the player's play of the entertainment game, the monitored play including consumption of an enabling element during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game;

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

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

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

determines if the lottery ticket should be awarded to the player on the basis of attendant rules, the attendant rules based on the player's play of the entertainment game; and

issues the lottery ticket to the player; and

the real world engine coupled to the game world engine, that:

provides the gambling game, the gambling game generating random gambling outcomes for a gambling bet using the received real world credits; and

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

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

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

16. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 13 , wherein the game world engine communicates to the player that the lottery ticket has been issued via the visual output device.

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

18. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 13 , wherein the game world engine and the entertainment software engine are constructed from different processing apparatuses; and

wherein the game world engine and the entertainment software engine are connected by the network.