SKILL LEVEL INITIATED INTERLEAVED WAGERING SYSTEM

1 . A gaming system, comprising:

an enclosure constructed to mount:

a user input device operatively connected to an interactive controller;

a user output device operatively connected to the interactive controller;

the interactive controller configured to:

provide an interactive application that receives input from a player via the user input device;

distribute to an application controller, the input from the player;

receive, from the application controller, application resources;

receive, from the application controller, a wager outcome;

based on the wager outcome, distribute, to the application controller, a level reset communication;

a wager controller constructed to:

receive a wager instruction from the application controller;

generate the wager outcome using a random number generator;

distribute, to the application controller, the wager outcome; and

the application controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller and constructed to:

receive, from the interactive controller, the input from the player;

determine an application level change based on the input from the player;

generate the wager instruction comprising one or more wager parameters used in determining wager outcomes, the one or more wager parameters based on the application level;

distribute, to the wager controller, the wager instruction;

receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome;

generate the application resources based on the wager outcome;

distribute, to the interactive controller, the application resources;

distribute, to the interactive controller, the wager outcome; and

reset the application level based on the application level reset communication.

2 . The gaming system of claim 1 ,

wherein the interactive controller and the application controller are constructed from the same device, and

wherein the application controller is operatively connected to the wager controller using a communication link.

3 . The gaming system of claim 1 ,

wherein the wager controller and the application controller are constructed from the same device, and

wherein the application controller is operatively connected to the interactive controller using a communication link.

4 . The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the level reset indication distributed from the interactive controller is further based on an expiration of a predetermined amount of time.

5 . The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the application level associated with the player is further based on an amount of application credit earned by the player.

6 . The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the application level associated with the player is further based on an interactive application level associated with the interactive application provided by the interactive controller.

7 . The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein one of the one or more wager parameters comprises a paytable.

8 . The gaming system of claim 7 , wherein changing the paytable improves the odds of a wagering event for the player.

9 . The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein wager instruction is generated based on input from a player into the interactive application.