Interactive media based gambling hybrid games

A method for an interactive media based gambling hybrid game comprising:

• performing by one or more processors a process of:
• providing a skill-based interactive game to a player, the skill-based interactive game having a storyline and a plurality of storyline branches for the storyline;
• receiving player interactions with the skill-based interactive game via an input device;
• providing a payout of game world credits based on the received player interactions with the skill-based interactive game;
• determining a chosen storyline branch based on the received player interactions with the skill-based interactive game;
• distribute to a wager processor a trigger of a real credit gambling event based on chosen storyline branch;
• determining by the wager processor an outcome of the gambling event using a random number generator;
• providing a payout of real world credits based on the outcome of the gambling event;
• modifying a condition of play in the skill-based interactive game on the basis of the outcome of the gambling event;
• determining a storyline branch from among the plurality of storyline branches on the basis of the outcome of the gambling event;
• and
• generating a visual display of the determined storyline branch as part of the storyline of the skill-based interactive game using a display output device.

A non-transitory machine readable storage media storing processor-executable instructions for a method for an interactive media based gambling hybrid game comprising:

• providing a skill-based interactive game to a player, the skill-based interactive game having a storyline and a plurality of storyline branches for the storyline;
• receiving player interactions with the skill-based interactive game via an input device;
• providing a payout of game world credits based on the received player interactions with the skill-based interactive game;
• determining a chosen storyline branch based on the received player interactions with the skill-based interactive game;
• distributing to a wager processor a trigger for a real credit gambling event based on the chosen storyline branch;
• determining by the wager processor an outcome of the gambling event using a random number generator;
• providing a payout of real world credits based on the outcome of the gambling event;
• modifying a condition of play in the skill-based interactive game on the basis of the outcome of the gambling event;
• determining a storyline branch from among the plurality of storyline branches on the basis of the outcome of the gambling event;
• and
• generate a visual display of the determined storyline branch as part of the storyline of the skill-based interactive game using a display output device.