SYSTEMS FOR CARD SELECTION INTERLEAVED WAGERING

1 . An electronic gaming machine for card selection interleaved wagering, comprising:

a random number generator;

a user input device;

a display output device;

an interactive controller constructed to:

provide an interactive game to a user using the display output device, wherein the interactive game includes a plurality of cards, wherein each card corresponds to an action available to the user in the interactive game, and wherein each action is associated with a wager amount;

receive a card selection of a card of the plurality of cards from the user via the user input device;

communicate, to an application controller, the card selection;

receive, from the application controller, a wager outcome based on the card selection;

display to the user the wager outcome using the display output device; and

allow the user to take the action in the interactive game corresponding to selected card using via the user input device;

the application controller constructed to:

receive, from the interactive controller, the card selection;

generate wager data used to trigger a wager in a wager controller based on the card selection and the wager amount associated with the card selection;

communicate, to the wager controller, the wager data;

receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome; and

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

the wager controller constructed to:

receive, from the application controller, the wager data;

determine the wager outcome using the random number generator, a paytable, and the received wager data; and

communicate, to the application controller, the wager outcome.

2 . The electronic gaming machine for card selection interleaved wagering of claim 1 ,

wherein the interactive controller, the wager controller, the application controller are constructed from a same processing device.

3 . The electronic gaming machine for card selection interleaved wagering of claim 1 ,

wherein the application controller is further constructed to communicate to the wager controller, the wager amount associated with the action,

wherein the wager amount is based on an interactive currency cost associated with the received card selection,

wherein the wager controller is further constructed to receive, from the application controller, the wager amount associated with the wager request, and

wherein the wager outcome is determined based in part on the wager amount.

4 . The electronic gaming machine for card selection interleaved wagering of claim 1 ,

wherein the application controller is further constructed to communicate, to the wager controller, a card type associated with the selected card,

wherein the wager controller is further constructed to receive, from the application controller, the card type associated with the selected card, and

wherein the wager outcome is based on the card type.

5 . An electronic gaming machine for card selection interleaved wagering, comprising:

a random number generator;

a user input device;

a display output device; and

a processor operatively connected to a memory, the memory storing process-executable instructions that when executed by the process cause the processor to:

provide an interactive game to a user using the display output device, wherein the interactive game includes a plurality of cards, wherein each card corresponds to an action available to the user in the interactive game, and wherein each action is associated with a wager amount;

receive a card selection of a card of the plurality of cards from the user via the user input device;

generate wager data used to trigger a wager based on the card selection and the wager amount associated with the card selection;

determine a wager outcome using the random number generator, a paytable, and the wager data;

display to the user the wager outcome using the display output device; and

allow the user to take the action in the interactive game corresponding to the selected card using via the user input device.

6 . The electronic gaming machine for card selection interleaved wagering of claim 5 ,

wherein the wager amount is based on an interactive currency cost associated with the received card selection, and

wherein the wager outcome is determined further based in part on the wager amount.

7 . The electronic gaming machine for card selection interleaved wagering of claim 5 , wherein the wager outcome is further based on the card type.

8 . A method of operating an electronic gaming machine for card selection interleaved wagering, the electronic gaming machine having a random number generator, a user input device, and a display output device, comprising:

providing an interactive game to a user using the display output device, wherein the interactive game includes a plurality of cards, wherein each card corresponds to an action available to the user in the interactive game, and wherein each action is associated with a wager amount;

receiving a card selection of a card of the plurality of cards from the user via the user input device;

generating wager data used to trigger a wager based on the card selection and the wager amount associated with the card selection;

determining a wager outcome using the random number generator, a paytable, and the received wager data;

displaying to the user the wager outcome using the display output device; and

allowing the user to take the action in the interactive game corresponding to selected card using via the user input device.

9 . The method of operating the electronic gaming machine for card selection interleaved wagering of claim 8 ,

wherein the wager amount is based on an interactive currency cost associated with the received card selection, and

wherein the wager outcome is determined based in part on the wager amount.

10 . The method of operating the electronic gaming machine for card selection interleaved wagering of claim 8 , wherein the wager outcome is based on the card type.