Dynamically configurable wager-based gaming device supporting skill-affected payout configurations and chance-based payout configurations

A computer-implemented method of operating a game in a gaming machine, comprising:

• determining whether predetermined criteria are satisfied;
• configuring, by a game configuration manager, the gaming machine for game play of the game as either a skill-affected version of the game or a chance-based only version of the game, such that a skill-affected, wager-based game engine uses skill-affected game rule data and skill-affected payout data to govern game play and payouts when the predetermined criteria are satisfied and such that a chanced-based, wager-based game engine uses chance-based game rule data and chance-based payout data to govern game play and payouts when the predetermined criteria are not satisfied;
• enabling the skill-affected, wager-based game engine to govern game play according to the skill-affected game rule data when the when the game is configured as the skill-affected version of the game or enabling the chanced-based, wager-based game engine to govern game play according to the chance-based game rule data when the game is configured as the chance-based version of the game and receiving player input from a user interface of the gaming machine during game play as the player interacts with in-game assets and wagering opportunities of the provided game;
• and
• generating, using a random number generator, random outcomes upon receiving player inputs with the wagering opportunities, and determining payouts according to the generated random opportunities using the skill-affected payout data when the game is configured as the skill-affected version of the game and using the chance-based payout data when the game is configured as the chance-based version of the game.

An electronic gaming device, comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor;
• a user interface;
• a skill-affected, wager-based game engine;
• a chanced-based, wager-based game engine;
• a game configuration manager;
• and
• a plurality of processes spawned by the processor, the plurality of processes comprising processing logic to:
• provide a game configured to be executed by the gaming machine;
• display, on a display of the gaming machine, a graphical user interface configured to enable selecting to configure the game as a skill-affected version of the game that uses skill-affected game rule data and skill-affected payout data or as a chance-based version of the game that uses chance-based game rule data and chance-based payout data;
• receive an interaction with the graphical user interface, the received interaction indicating a selected one of the skill-affected version and the chance-based only version of the game;
• configure, by the game configuration manager, the gaming machine for game play of the game according to the received selection as either the skill-affected version of the game or the chance-based only version of the game, such that the skill-affected, wager-based game engine, the skill-affected game rule data and the skill-affected payout data govern game play and payouts when the game is configured as the skill-affected version of the game and such that the chanced-based, wager-based game engine, chance-based game rule data and the chance-based payout data govern game play and payouts when the game is configured as the chance-based version of the game;
• enable, by the skill-affected, wager-based game engine, game play according to the skill-affected game rule data when the when the game configuration manager configures the game as the skill-affected version of the game or enable, by the chance-based, wager-based game engine, game play according to the chance-based game rule data when the game configuration manager configures the game as the chance-based version of the game and receive player input from a user interface of the gaming machine during game play as the player interacts with in-game assets and wagering opportunities of the provided game;
• and
• generate, using a random number generator, random outcomes upon receiving player inputs with the wagering opportunities, and determine payouts according to the generated random opportunities using the skill-affected payout data when the game is configured as the skill-affected version of the game and using the chance-based payout data when the game is configured as the chance-based version of the game.

An electronic gaming device, comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor;
• a user interface;
• a skill-affected, wager-based game engine;
• a chanced-based, wager-based game engine;
• a game configuration manager;
• and
• a plurality of processes spawned by the processor, the plurality of processes comprising processing logic to:
• determine whether predetermined criteria are satisfied;
• configure, by the game configuration manager, the gaming machine for game play of the game as either the skill-affected version of the game or the chance-based only version of the game according to the determined criteria, such that the skill-affected, wager-based game engine, the skill-affected game rule data and the skill-affected payout data govern game play and payouts when the determined criteria are satisfied and such that the chanced-based, wager-based game engine, the chance-based game rule data and the chance-based payout data govern game play and payouts when the determined criteria are not satisfied;
• enable, by the skill-affected, wager-based game engine, game play according to the skill-affected game rule data when the when the game configuration manager configures the game as the skill-affected version of the game or enable, by the chance-based, wager-based game engine, game play according to the chance-based game rule data when the game configuration manager configures the game as the chance-based version of the game and receive player input from a user interface of the gaming machine during game play as the player interacts with in-game assets and wagering opportunities of the provided game;
• and
• generate, using a random number generator, random outcomes upon receiving player inputs with the wagering opportunities, and determine payouts according to the generated random opportunities using the skill-affected payout data when the game is configured as the skill-affected version of the game and using the chance-based payout data when the game is configured as the chance-based version of the game.