Systems and methods for a hybrid entertainment and gambling game using an object alignment game

A gambling hybrid game, comprising:

• a controller constructed to:
• provide an entertainment game and present the entertainment game to a player wherein the entertainment game is an object alignment game in which the player moves an object in a displayed grid to form an alignment of a plurality of matching objects in a specified configuration;
• receive an input from the player indicating a movement of the object in the entertainment game;
• determine a result of the movement in the entertainment game;
• generate a status update regarding play of the object alignment game;
• communicate, to a game world server, the status update regarding play of the object alignment game;
• receive, from the game world server, the result of the gambling event;
• and
• present the result of the gambling event to the player;
• and
• the game world server, connected to the controller via a controller and connected to a real world engine via communication link, constructed to:
• manage the entertainment game executed by the controller;
• receive, from the controller, the status update regarding play of the object alignment game;
• determine whether the gambling event is to occur based upon the status update;
• communicate, to the real world engine, instructions to execute the gambling event based on a determination of whether to execute the gambling event based on the status update;
• receive, from the real world engine, the result of the gambling event;
• and
• communicate, to the controller, the result of the gambling event.

A gambling hybrid game, comprising:

• a real world engine constructed to:
• receive, from a game world server, instructions to execute a gambling event based on a status update;
• determine a result of the gambling event;
• communicate, to the game world server, the result of the gambling event;
• and
• the game world server, connected to a controller via a controller and connected to the real world engine via communication link, constructed to:
• manage an entertainment game executed by the controller;
• receive, from the controller, the status update regarding play of an object alignment game;
• determine whether the gambling event is to occur based upon the status update;
• communicate, to the real world engine, instructions to execute the gambling event based on a determination of whether to execute the gambling event based on the status update;
• receive, from the real world engine, the result of the gambling event;
• and
• communicate, to the controller, the result of the gambling event.