Gaming system
A gaming system for enabling the simultaneous play of social virtual currency, wager-based gaming and free, play-for-fun gaming is described. The gaming system is configured to deliver a fun game to a client in conjunction with a virtual currency gaming event and to initiate play of a fun game upon a predesignated triggering event of the virtual currency game. The fun game is played by a plurality of players and fun game controller directs game information to a fun game server. Fun game information can be displayed for multiple players to drive competitive-type play among players and can be used to provide awards and incentivize play.
1. A gaming system integrating the play of a social virtual currency, wager-based, game with at least one fun game comprising:
a client device having a display screen and a processor;
a game server communicatively coupled to the client device, the game server having a memory storage device for storing software associated with the virtual currency, wager-based, game and the at least one fun game;
a player database having a credit account communicatively coupled to the client device for storing virtual currency credit;
wherein, in response to the player making a wager drawn from the stored virtual currency credit on the virtual currency, wager-based, game, the processor is configured to execute the software to:
display on the display screen the virtual currency, wager-based, game; and
display on the display screen the at least one fun game in response to completion of at least some portion of the virtual currency, wager-based, game.
2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one fun game comprises one of a social casino game, a game of chance other than a social casino game, or a skill-based game.
3. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the completion of at least some portion of the virtual currency, wager-based, game comprises completion of a base game portion of the virtual currency, wager-based, game.
4. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the software associated with the at least one fun game is transmitted to the client device in response to a trigger condition.
5. The gaming system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one fun game includes a first fun game and a second fun game, and wherein the software associated with the first fun game is transmitted to the client device in response to a first trigger condition and the software associated with the second fun game is transmitted to the client device in response to a second trigger condition.
6. The gaming system of claim 4 , wherein the client device is configured to display a feature game on the display screen in series with the at least one fun game in response to the trigger condition.
7. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game server is configured to transmit the software associated with the virtual currency, wager-based, game and the at least one fun game to the client device together, the at least one fun game pre-associated with the virtual currency, wager-based, game.
8. A gaming system comprising:
a game server communicatively coupled to a client device of a player, the client device including a display screen and a processor, wherein the game server includes a memory storage device for storing software associated with a virtual currency, wager-based, game and at least one fun game, the game server configured to transmit the software of the virtual currency, wager-based, game and the at least one fun game to the client device;
wherein, upon the player making a wager on the virtual currency, wager-based, game, the processor is configured to execute the software to:
display on the display screen the virtual currency, wager-based, game; and
display on the display screen the at least one fun game in response to completion of at least some portion of the virtual currency, wager-based, game.
9. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the completion of at least some portion of the virtual currency, wager-based, game comprises completion of a base game portion of the virtual currency, wager-based, game.
10. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the wager is drawn from a virtual currency credit account stored in a database communicatively coupled to the client device.
11. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the software associated with the at least one fun game is transmitted to the client device in response to a trigger condition.
12. The gaming system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one fun game includes a first fun game and a second fun game, and wherein the software associated with the first fun game is transmitted to the client device in response to a first trigger condition and the software associated with the second fun game is transmitted to the client device in response to a second trigger condition.
13. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the game server is configured to transmit the software associated with the virtual currency, wager-based, game and the fun game to the client device together, the fun game pre-associated with the virtual currency, wager-based, game.
14. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one fun game comprises one of a social casino game, a game of chance other than a social casino game, or a skill-based game.
15. A method of conducting and presenting games using a gaming system, the gaming system including a client device and a game server configured to store software associated with a virtual currency, wager-based, game and at least one fun game, the method comprising:
transmitting, by the game server, the software of the virtual currency, wager-based, game and the at least one fun game to the client device;
in response to a wager placed on the virtual currency, wager-based, game, executing, by the client device, the software of the virtual currency, wager-based, game to cause the client device to perform the steps of:
displaying on a display screen of the client device the virtual currency, wager-based, game; and
displaying on the display screen the at least one fun game in response to completion of at least some portion of the virtual currency, wager-based, game.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the at least one fun game comprises one of a social casino game, a game of chance other than a social casino game, or a skill-based game.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the completion of at least some portion of the virtual currency, wager-based, game comprises completion of a base game portion of the virtual currency, wager-based, game.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the software associated with the fun game is transmitted to the client device in response to a trigger condition.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the game server stores software associated with a first fun game and a second fun game, and wherein the software associated with the first fun game is transmitted to the client device in response to a first trigger condition and the software associated with the second fun game is transmitted to the client device in response to a second trigger condition.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the game server is configured to transmit the software associated with the virtual currency, wager-based, game and the fun game to the client device together, the fun game pre-associated with the virtual currency, wager-based game.