Patent ID: 7727062

Claim:
A game machine configured to provide a game including a chance element and a skill element, the game machine comprising: a predetermined set of rules stored in a computer memory; and a computer system including a processor, the processor configured to: present game play to at least one of a plurality of players; prevent the at least one of the plurality of players from influencing the at least one of the plurality of players' chance of winning the game based on at least one skill decision during the game play of the game including elements of skill; execute the skill element, wherein the skill element is configured to require at least one skill decision during game play of the game; apply the predetermined set of rules to play the at least one skill decision automatically by the processor instead of the at least one of the plurality of players, in response to reaching the at least one skill decision; and execute, in response to the play of the at least one skill decision, the chance element, wherein the chance element is configured to generate an outcome based on the odds of winning the game, wherein the odds of winning are fixed by the predetermined set of rules, and wherein the chance element is further configured to automatically determine at least one winner from the plurality of players.