Enhanced interleaved wagering system

An electronic gaming machine comprising:

• a bill validator/ticket scanner for scanning indicia of credit from a ticket;
• a ticket printer for printing indicia of credit onto a ticket;
• and
• a wager controller of the enhanced interleaved wagering system constructed to:
• receive, from an application controller, wager request instructions comprising a wager amount;
• communicate a portion of the wager amount to a tournament controller as a tournament pool contribution;
• determine a wager outcome based on the wager request instructions;
• communicate, to the application controller, wager outcome data comprising the wager outcome;
• determine an amount of credit based on the wager outcome and the input credit;
• and
• print indicia of the amount of credit on a ticket using the ticket printer;
• and
• the application controller of the enhanced interleaved wagering system operatively connecting the wager controller to an interactive controller providing a skill-based interactive application using a communication link, the application controller also operatively connected to a tournament controller and constructed to:
• receive, from the interactive controller, application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller;
• scan the application telemetry to determine whether to trigger a wager based on a user interacting with application resources;
• when the wager is triggered, generate the wager request instructions;
• distribute the wager request instructions to the wager controller;
• receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome data;
• scan the wager outcome data to determine the wager outcome;
• generate wager outcome display instructions based on the wager outcome;
• distribute the wager outcome display instructions to the interactive controller;
• receive, from the interactive controller, a tournament entry indication;
• generate tournament entry instructions based on the tournament entry indication;
• distribute the tournament entry instructions to the tournament controller, the tournament controller operatively connected to the wager controller and the application controller;
• receive, from the interactive controller, tournament application telemetry;
• scan the tournament application telemetry;
• generate tournament application telemetry instructions based on the tournament application telemetry;
• distribute the tournament application telemetry instructions to the tournament controller;
• receive, from the tournament controller, tournament award data;
• scan the tournament award data to determine a tournament award;
• generate tournament award display instructions based on the tournament award;
• and
• distribute the tournament award display instructions to the interactive controller.

An electronic gaming machine, comprising:

• a bill validator/ticket scanner for scanning indicia of credit from a ticket;
• a ticket printer for printing indicia of credit onto a ticket;
• and
• a controller comprising:
• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores machine-executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the controller to:
• provide a skill-based interactive application in which a user interacts with application resources;
• determine an application resource to award the user
• modify the skill-based interactive application by incorporating the application resource award;
• determine whether a wager is triggered;
• determine a wager outcome;
• determine an amount of credit based on the wager outcome and the input credit;
• print indicia of the amount of credit on a ticket using the ticket printer, generate a visual display of the wager outcome;
• provide an interactive application session associated with a tournament;
• and
• generate a visual display of a tournament award.