Patent ID: 8070581

Claim:
A regulated creative game of chance for a video gaining machine, comprising: a computer; at least one display; a plurality of acts, each configured to unfold on the at least one display in accordance with a predetermined storyline; a plurality of stages, each of the stages being associated with at least one of the plurality of acts; an interface configured to enable a player to select one of the plurality of acts and to cause the at least one display to show a stage associated with the selected one of the plurality of acts; a palette of betting opportunities displayed on the at least one display, the palette of betting opportunities including a plurality of available betting opportunities that are related to the selected act and to the associated stage shown on the display; a palette of chips that includes a plurality of available betting chips; the interface being further configured to enable the player to prepare the stage by enabling the player to repeatedly select any betting opportunity from among the palette of betting opportunities and to add the selected betting opportunity to the associated stage, the interface being further configured to enable the player to select at least one betting chip from the palette of chips and to place at least one bet with the selected at least one betting chip on at least one of the added betting opportunity, and a random number generator coupled to the computer to determine an outcome of the at least one bet subsequent to the player activating a bet command.