Patent ID: 7997979

Claim:
A method of enabling a player to place wagers in a regulated electronic game of chance, the regulated gaming machine including a processor and a player activated pointing device, the method comprising the steps of: displaying a plurality of betting chips of different predetermined denominations; displaying a script-based interactive game, the script-based interactive game including a scripted narrative with which the player interacts, the script-based interactive game, using the processor, being configured to display a path from a source to a destination and a plurality of betting opportunities along the path, the script-based interactive game being further configured to randomly select, at a first predetermined betting opportunity of the plurality of betting opportunities within the game, a first occurrence of a plurality of possible future occurrences, each of the plurality of possible future occurrences affecting a manner in which the scripted narrative unfolds; displaying the first predetermined betting opportunity at a first predetermined point in the scripted narrative; selecting, using input from the player activated pointing device, a first betting chip of the displayed plurality of betting chips; placing the selected first betting chip, using input from the player activated pointing device, on a first player-selected one of the plurality of possible future occurrences to place a first wager; displaying the randomly selected first occurrence, and rewarding the player according to the first wager if the randomly selected first occurrence matches the first player-selected future occurrence; wherein the plurality of possible future occurrences include at least one of obstacles, disruptions and events that are configured to occur randomly without player interaction and graphically displayed along the path from the source to the destination by the processor.