Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US9607480B2/en
Timestamp: 2019-05-25 03:53:24
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 61', 'Application No. 61', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 2012289858', 'Application No. 2014', 'Application No. 2014']

US9607480B2 - Interactive game elements as lottery ticket in enriched game play environment (single and/or multiplayer) for casino applications - Google Patents
US9607480B2
US9607480B2 US14/666,010 US201514666010A US9607480B2 US 9607480 B2 US9607480 B2 US 9607480B2 US 201514666010 A US201514666010 A US 201514666010A US 9607480 B2 US9607480 B2 US 9607480B2
US14/666,010
US20150194010A1 (en
2015-07-09 Publication of US20150194010A1 publication Critical patent/US20150194010A1/en
2017-03-28 Publication of US9607480B2 publication Critical patent/US9607480B2/en
Systems for providing a lottery ticket to a player of a hybrid game are provided. Systems include an entertainment software engine that provides an entertainment game, the entertainment game including a first type of enabling element and a second type of enabling element; a real world engine that provides a gambling game, and generates random gambling outcomes for a gambling bet in real world credits; and a game world engine coupled to the entertainment software engine and the real world engine via a network, that: receives a lottery ticket; monitors, via the network, the player's skillful play of the entertainment game; pays out game world credit to the player; triggers the gambling bet in the gambling game; receives a gambling outcome; determines to award the lottery ticket to the player on the basis of attendant rules; and issues the lottery ticket to the player via the network.
The current application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/209,485 filed on Mar. 13, 2014, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/898,222 filed on May 20, 2013, which is a continuation of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application No. PCT/US12/49792, filed Aug. 6, 2012, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/574,518, filed Aug. 4, 2011, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/574,515, filed Aug. 4, 2011, and is related to Patent Cooperation Treaty Application No. PCT/US11/26768, filed Mar. 1, 2011, and Patent Cooperation Treaty Application No. PCT/US11/63587, filed Dec. 6, 2011, the contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if stated in full herein.
1. A system for providing a lottery entry to a player of a networked hybrid game, comprising:
an entertainment software engine connected to a visual output device that provides a visual display of an entertainment game portion of the networked hybrid game, the entertainment game portion including a first type of enabling element and a second type of enabling element;
a real world engine that provides a gambling game portion of the networked hybrid game, and generates random gambling outcomes using a random number generator, for a gambling bet in real world credits; and
a game world engine coupled to the entertainment software engine and the real world engine via a network, that:
monitors, via the network, the player's skillful play of the entertainment game, the monitored play including consumption of the second type of enabling element and the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
pays out, via the network, game world credit to the player on the basis of the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
triggers the gambling bet in the gambling game portion of the networked hybrid game on the basis of the consumption of the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
determines to award the lottery ticket to the player on the basis of attendant rules, the attendant rules based on the player's play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game; and
issues the lottery ticket to the player via the network.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the game world engine determines awarding the lottery ticket to the player based on the consumption of the first type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game.
7. A system for providing a lottery entry to a player of a networked hybrid game, comprising:
an entertainment software engine connected to a visual output device that provides a visual display of an entertainment game portion of the networked hybrid game, the entertainment game portion including a first type of enabling element and a second type of enabling element; and
a game world engine coupled to the entertainment software engine via a network, that:
triggers a gambling bet in a gambling game portion of the networked hybrid game on the basis of the consumption of the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
receives, from a real world engine providing the gambling game, a gambling outcome using a random number generator;
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the game world engine transmits, via the network, lottery ticket information on the issued lottery ticket to the lottery system.
9. The system of claim 7, wherein the game world engine transmits, via the network, lottery ticket information on the issued lottery ticket to a patron management system.
10. The system of claim 7, wherein the game world engine communicates, via the network, to the player that the lottery ticket has been issued.
11. The system of claim 7, wherein the game world engine facilitates printing the lottery ticket using a printer associated with the system.
12. The system of claim 7, wherein the game world engine determines awarding the lottery ticket to the player based on the consumption of the first type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game.
13. A system for providing a lottery entry to a player of a networked hybrid game, comprising:
a game world engine that:
monitors, via a network, the player's play of an entertainment game portion of the hybrid game, the monitored play including consumption of the second type of enabling element and the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
pays out game world credit to the player on the basis of the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game; and
triggers, via the network, a gambling bet in a gambling game portion of the hybrid game on the basis of the consumption of the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game;
issues the lottery ticket to the player via the network; and the real world engine coupled to the game world engine via the network, that:
provides, via the network, the gambling game portion of the hybrid game, the gambling game portion generating random gambling outcomes for a gambling bet in real world credits; and
executes the gambling bet in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game on the basis of the consumption of the second type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the game world engine transmits, via the network, lottery ticket information on the issued lottery ticket to the lottery system.
15. The system of claim 13, wherein the game world engine transmits, via the network, lottery ticket information on the issued lottery ticket to a patron management system.
16. The system of claim 13, wherein the game world engine communicates, via the network, to the player that the lottery ticket has been issued.
17. The system of claim 13, wherein the game world engine facilitates printing the lottery ticket using a printer associated with the system.
18. The system of claim 13, wherein the game world engine determines awarding the lottery ticket to the player based on the consumption of the first type of enabling element consumed during the player's skillful play of the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game.
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