SIDE BETTING FOR ENRICHED GAME PLAY ENVIRONMENT (SINGLE and/or MULTIPLAYER) FOR CASINO APPLICATIONS
AssigneeGamblit Gaming, LLC
InventorsMiles Arnone, Eric Meyerhofer
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Abstract
Methods and systems for making a side bet in a hybrid game having a gambling game portion and an entertainment game portion are provided. The side bet is made in regards to the play of the entertainment portion of the hybrid game and can be made using a real world credit, a game world credit or a game world element. If the side bet is made using a real world credit, the real world credits used by the gambling game portion of the hybrid game and credited to a player are incremented or decremented. If the side bet is made using a game world element, the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game is updated based on the outcome of the side bet.
Claims12
A method of processing a side bet in a hybrid game having an entertainment game portion and a gambling game portion, the method comprising:
- accepting by the hybrid game, real world credits wagered in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game;
- presenting a proposal of a real world credit side bet regarding the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
- monitoring a playing of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
- triggering a real world credit wager in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game based on the monitoring of the playing of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
- determining a real world credit outcome of the real world credit side bet based on the monitoring of the playing of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
- determining a real world credit outcome of the real world credit wager by executing the real world credit wager in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game;
- making a payout of an amount of the real world credits wagered in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game based on the real world credit outcome of the side bet regarding the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game and the real world credit outcome of the wager in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game;
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- updating the entertainment game based on the outcome of the side bet.
A data processing apparatus for a hybrid game including processing a side bet in a hybrid game having an entertainment game portion and a gambling game portion, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, the processor-executable instructions comprising:
- accepting by the hybrid game, real world credits wagered in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game;
- presenting a proposal of a real world credit side bet regarding the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
- monitoring a playing of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
- triggering a real world credit wager in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game based on the monitoring of the playing of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
- determining a real world credit outcome of the real world credit side bet based on the monitoring of the playing of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
- determining a real world credit outcome of the real world credit wager by executing the real world credit wager in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game;
- making a payout of an amount of the real world credits wagered in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game based on the real world credit outcome of the side bet regarding the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game and the real world credit outcome of the wager in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game;
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- updating the entertainment game based on the outcome of the side bet.
A processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions for a method of processing a side bet in a hybrid game having an entertainment game portion and a gambling game portion, the instructions comprising:
- accepting by the hybrid game, real world credits wagered in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game;
- presenting a proposal of a real world credit side bet regarding the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
- monitoring a playing of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
- triggering a real world credit wager in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game based on the monitoring of the playing of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
- determining a real world credit outcome of the real world credit side bet based on the monitoring of the playing of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
- determining a real world credit outcome of the real world credit wager by executing the real world credit wager in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game;
- making a payout of an amount of the real world credits wagered in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game based on the real world credit outcome of the side bet regarding the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game and the real world credit outcome of the wager in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game;
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- updating the entertainment game based on the outcome of the side bet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.