ENHANCED INTERLEAVED WAGERING SYSTEM

1 . An electronic gaming machine, comprising:

a bill validator/ticket scanner for scanning indicia of credit from a ticket;

a ticket printer for printing indicia of credit onto a ticket;

an interactive controller configured to:

provide a skill-based interactive application in which a user interacts with application resources;

communicate, to an application controller, application telemetry associated with the interactive application provided by the interactive controller;

receive, from the application controller, application resource instructions;

modify the skill-based interactive application by incorporating the application resource instructions;

receive, from the application controller, wager outcome display instructions;

generate a visual display of a wager outcome based on the wager outcome display instructions;

communicate, to the application controller, an indication to enter a tournament;

provide an interactive application session associated with the tournament;

communicate, to the application controller, tournament application telemetry associated with the tournament;

receive, from the application controller, tournament award display instructions; and

generate a visual display of a tournament award based on the tournament award display instructions;

a wager controller constructed to:

receive input credit using the bill validator/ticket scanner;

receive, from the application controller, wager request instructions comprising a wager amount;

communicate a portion of the wager amount to a tournament controller as a tournament pool contribution;

determine the wager outcome based on the wager request instructions using a random number generator;

communicate, to the application controller, wager outcome data comprising the wager outcome;

determine an amount of credit based on the wager outcome and the input credit; and

print indicia of the amount of credit on a ticket using the ticket printer; and

the application controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller, the application controller also operatively connected to a tournament controller and constructed to:

receive, from the interactive controller, the application telemetry;

scan the application telemetry to determine whether to trigger a wager based on the user interacting with the application resources;

when the wager is triggered, generate the wager request instructions;

distribute the wager request instructions to the wager controller;

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

scan the wager outcome data to determine the wager outcome;

generate the wager outcome display instructions based on the wager outcome;

distribute the wager outcome display instructions to the interactive controller;

receive, from the interactive controller, the tournament entry indication;

generate tournament entry instructions based on the tournament entry indication;

distribute the tournament entry instructions to the tournament controller, the tournament controller operatively connected to the wager controller and the application controller;

receive, from the interactive controller, the tournament application telemetry;

scan the tournament application telemetry;

generate tournament application telemetry instructions based on the tournament application telemetry;

distribute the tournament application telemetry instructions to the tournament controller;

receive, from the tournament controller, tournament award data;

scan the tournament award data to determine the tournament award;

generate the tournament award display instructions based on the tournament award; and

distribute the tournament award display instructions to the interactive controller.

2 . The electronic gaming machine 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 electronic gaming machine 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 electronic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the tournament pool contribution is made based on the wager request instructions.

5 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the tournament entry indication is received by the interactive controller, from a user.

6 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the tournament controller stores the tournament pool contribution and aggregates tournament pool contributions from one or more other wager controllers to form the tournament pool.

7 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 6 , wherein the tournament pool comprises real credits.

8 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 6 , wherein the tournament pool comprises application credits.

9 . An electronic gaming machine comprising:

a bill validator/ticket scanner for scanning indicia of credit from a ticket;

a ticket printer for printing indicia of credit onto a ticket; and

a wager controller of the enhanced interleaved wagering system constructed to:

receive, from an application controller, wager request instructions comprising a wager amount;

communicate a portion of the wager amount to a tournament controller as a tournament pool contribution;

determine a wager outcome based on the wager request instructions;

communicate, to the application controller, wager outcome data comprising the wager outcome;

determine an amount of credit based on the wager outcome and the input credit; and

print indicia of the amount of credit on a ticket using the ticket printer; and

the application controller of the enhanced interleaved wagering system operatively connecting the wager controller to an interactive controller providing a skill-based interactive application using a communication link, the application controller also operatively connected to a tournament controller and constructed to:

receive, from the interactive controller, application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller;

scan the application telemetry to determine whether to trigger a wager based on a user interacting with application resources;

when the wager is triggered, generate the wager request instructions;

distribute the wager request instructions to the wager controller;

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

scan the wager outcome data to determine the wager outcome;

generate wager outcome display instructions based on the wager outcome;

distribute the wager outcome display instructions to the interactive controller;

receive, from the interactive controller, a tournament entry indication;

generate tournament entry instructions based on the tournament entry indication;

distribute the tournament entry instructions to the tournament controller, the tournament controller operatively connected to the wager controller and the application controller;

receive, from the interactive controller, tournament application telemetry;

scan the tournament application telemetry;

generate tournament application telemetry instructions based on the tournament application telemetry;

distribute the tournament application telemetry instructions to the tournament controller;

receive, from the tournament controller, tournament award data;

scan the tournament award data to determine a tournament award;

generate tournament award display instructions based on the tournament award; and

distribute the tournament award display instructions to the interactive controller.

10 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 9 , wherein the tournament pool contribution is made based on the wager request instructions.

11 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 9 , wherein the tournament entry indication is received by the interactive controller, from a user.

12 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 9 , wherein the tournament controller stores the tournament pool contribution and aggregates tournament pool contributions from one or more other wager controllers to form the tournament pool.

13 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 12 , wherein the tournament pool comprises real credits.

14 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 12 , wherein the tournament pool comprises application credits.

15 . An electronic gaming machine, comprising:

a bill validator/ticket scanner for scanning indicia of credit from a ticket;

a ticket printer for printing indicia of credit onto a ticket; and

a controller comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores machine-executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the controller to:

provide a skill-based interactive application in which a user interacts with application resources;

determine an application resource to award the user

modify the skill-based interactive application by incorporating the application resource award;

determine whether a wager is triggered;

determine a wager outcome;

determine an amount of credit based on the wager outcome and the input credit;

print indicia of the amount of credit on a ticket using the ticket printer, generate a visual display of the wager outcome;

provide an interactive application session associated with a tournament; and

generate a visual display of a tournament award.

16 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 15 , wherein a tournament pool contribution is made based on the wager request instructions.

17 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 15 , wherein a tournament entry indication is received by the controller, from a user.

18 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 15 , wherein the controller stores a tournament pool contribution and aggregates tournament pool contributions from one or more other controllers to form a tournament pool.

19 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 18 , wherein the tournament pool comprises real credits.

20 . The electronic gaming machine of claim 18 , wherein the tournament pool comprises application credits.