Collective enabling elements for enriched game play environment (single and/or multiplayer) for casino applications

An apparatus for gaming, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory having processor-executable instructions stored therein, the processor-executable instructions when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform a process comprising:
• determining a transpiring of a collective element in an entertainment game portion of a hybrid game, the collective element shared by two or more players of the entertainment portion of the hybrid, the hybrid game including a gambling game portion and the entertainment game portion;
• triggering a wager, an amount of the wager allocated from the two or more players, based on each player's use of the collective element, in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game based on the transpiring of the collective element in the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
• and
• distributing a real world credit gambling game result of the wager in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game between the two or more players.

A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored processor-executable instructions, the processor-executable instructions when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform a process comprising:

• determining a transpiring of a collective element in an entertainment game portion of a hybrid game, the collective element shared by two or more players of the entertainment portion of the hybrid, the hybrid game including a gambling game portion and the entertainment game portion;
• triggering a wager, an amount of the wager allocated from the two or more players, based on each player's use of the collective element, in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game based on the transpiring of the collective element in the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
• and
• distributing a real world credit gambling game result of the wager in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game between the two or more players.