Patent ID: 8851967

Claim:
A system for a skill calibrated hybrid game, comprising: a game world engine constructed to: couple to a real world engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from a wager in a gambling game; couple via a network to an entertainment software engine constructed to execute an entertainment game providing outcomes based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game; and manage the entertainment software engine and communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon the player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that trigger the wager in the gambling game to the gambling game; and a skill calibration module coupled to the game world engine, the skill calibration module constructed to: receive player performance information for the player from the game world engine, where the player performance information is indicative of the player's gameplay performance at the entertainment game; analyze the player performance information to determine a player's skill level in playing the entertainment game; determine whether the terms of the wager of the gambling game are calibrated in a manner appropriate to the player's skill level in the entertainment game; and send a command to the real world engine during play of the skill calibrated hybrid game that causes the real world engine to calibrate the terms of the wager in the gambling game.