Patent ID: 8007358

Claim:
A computer-controlled game, comprising: a computer; at least one display; at least one storyline that unfolds toward completion as controlled by the computer, the storyline including a plurality of acts and including a depiction of a liquid or an object attempting to travel from a predetermined source toward a predetermined destination through a conduit shown on the at least one display, the conduit including a plurality of conduit segments; a palette of betting opportunities appearing on the at least one display within each of the plurality of acts, the betting opportunities including a plurality of available conduit segments that are revealed to a player and on which the player may place one or more bets; a palette of chips, the palette of chips including chips of different denominations and being configured to enable the player to place a bet on a selected betting opportunity by placing a selected chip on a player selected one of the available conduit segments; an interface configured to enable the player select a betting opportunity from the palette of betting opportunities and to selectively place a bet on the selected betting opportunity, and a random number generator coupled to the computer and configured for randomly determining an outcome related to the bet placed subsequent to the player activating a bet command, the outcome including a conduit segment randomly selected from the palette of betting opportunities and wherein the computer-controlled game is configured to reward the player when the randomly selected conduit segment matches the player selected conduit segment.