SIDE BETTING FOR ENRICHED GAME PLAY ENVIRONMENT (SINGLE and/or MULTIPLAYER) FOR CASINO APPLICATIONS

• US 20130281192A1
• Filed: 05/17/2013
• Published: 10/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC (Hard 8 Games, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC (Hard 8 Games, LLC)
• Inventors: Arnone, Miles, Meyerhofer, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 8,684,829 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/326 Game play aspects of gaming systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3267 Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

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.

Claims

1. 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; and

updating the entertainment game based on the outcome of the side bet.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the side bet is between a player of the hybrid game and the hybrid game.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the side bet is between two players of the hybrid game.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the side bet is between to observers of the playing of the hybrid game.

5. 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; and

updating the entertainment game based on the outcome of the side bet.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the side bet is between a player of the hybrid game and the hybrid game.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the side bet is between two players of the hybrid game.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the side bet is between to observers of the playing of the hybrid game.

9. 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; and

updating the entertainment game based on the outcome of the side bet.

10. The processor-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the side bet is between a player of the hybrid game and the hybrid game.

11. The processor-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the side bet is between two players of the hybrid game.

12. The processor-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the side bet is between to observers of the playing of the hybrid game.