Patent ID: 8740690

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, comprising: receiving by the gaming system, a request for a wager for a player of an entertainment game, the request being triggered by a player action taken by the player while playing the entertainment game; establishing by the gaming system a result for the wager; generating by the gaming system, based on the result of the wager, a controlled sequence of a portion of the entertainment game, the controlled sequence changing the state of the entertainment game as the entertainment game is being played by the player; and displaying the result of the wager to the player of the entertainment game separately of the entertainment game, wherein the request for the wager is in response to the player consuming a first type of Enabling Element (EE) in the entertainment game, and wherein the player is awarded a second type of EE different from the first type of EE, based on the result of the wager.