Wagering Game With Physical Game Input

Abstract

A gaming system is disclosed that is configured to present a wagering event, linked to a physical game, to a player. The system includes a physical game configured to accept physical input from a player and generate performance outcome data representing outcomes of the physical game. The wagering system comprises a processor and memory and the memory contains machine readable code executable by the processor which receives the performance outcome data and accepts a wager to establish a wagering event for the player of the physical game. The gaming system processes the performance outcome data to either initiate the wagering event or change one or more aspects of the wagering event. Then, the system provides the wagering event by generating a random outcome, which is compared to one or more predetermined winning outcomes. A winning outcome results in an award to the player.

1 . A gaming system configured to present a wagering event to a player comprising:
 a physical game configured to accept physical input from a player as part of play of the physical game which generates performance outcome data representing one or more outcomes of the physical game;   a wagering system comprising a processor and memory, the memory containing machine readable code executable by the processor and configured to:   accept player input to link the wagering system to the physical game played by the player so that the physical game triggers the wagering event to thereby initiate the wagering event to provide the appearance of the physical game being the wagering game;   accept a wager from the player prior to the physical game to establish the physical game as a wagering event for the player of the physical game;   receive performance outcome data from the physical game to trigger the wagering event;   executing the wagering event by using one or more performance outcomes from the physical game to generate the random outcome and comparing the random outcome to one or more predetermined winning outcomes;   determining if the random outcome is a winning outcome based on the comparing; and   providing an award to the player if the random outcome is a winning outcome.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the physical game is selected from the group of game consisting of bowling, darts, skeeball, arcade basketball, and pool. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1  further comprising receiving input from the player regarding which performance outcomes are used to generate the random outcome. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3  wherein using one or more performance outcomes comprises performing a mathematical computation on at least one performance outcomes to generate the random number without use of a random number generator. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 3  further comprising processing the performance outcome data to change a paytable to increase the award or decrease the award. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 3  further comprising processing the performance outcome data to change an odds table which in turn changes the player's chance of receiving a winning outcome. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 3  further comprising processing the performance outcome data to change one or more visual aspects of the game which is presented to the player. 
     
     
         8 . A wagering game method for use by a player of the wagering game, the method comprising:
 accepting a wager from a player, the wager based on a physical game result of a physical game;   providing a physical game for play by the player, the physical game associated with a wagering component, the wagering component providing for wagering on the physical game and the physical game providing the only game results;   receiving physical input to the physical game by the player to generate a physical game result;   receiving the physical game result at the wagering component, the physical game result being generated in response to physical input to the physical game by the player;   processing the input from the physical game at the wagering component to:
 trigger the wagering component to initiate the wagering component such that the physical game is presented as the wagering game; and 
 process, through mathematical computation, of at least one physical game result to generate a wagering component result; 
   comparing the wagering component result to a paytable to determine if the wagering component result is a winning wagering component result;   providing an award to the player of the physical game if the wagering component result resulting from the physical game and generated in response to the input from the physical game, is a winning wagering component result.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the physical game is selected from the group of games consisting of bowling, darts, skeeball, arcade, basketball, and pool. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8  further comprising modifying one or more aspects of the wagering component based on the physical game result. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein modifying one or more aspects of the wagering component includes changing the paytable of the wagering component. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10  wherein modifying one or more aspects of the wagering component includes changing odds associated with the player receiving a winning wagering component result. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10  wherein modifying one or more aspects of the wagering component includes changing one or more visual aspects of the wagering component that is presented to the player. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the physical game result is the trigger that initiates the wagering component without further input from the player. 
     
     
         15 . A method for presenting a wagering event as part of play of a physical game comprising:
 accepting a wager from a player on an outcome of the physical game, the physical game being the only game presented to the player as part of the wagering event;   presenting the physical game to the player, the physical game requiring physical input to a game item to cause an effect in the physical game to generate performance outcome data representing one or more outcomes of the physical game;   processing the performance outcome data from the physical game to generate random outcome, the random outcome based only on the one or more outcomes of the physical game;   comparing the random outcome based only on the one or more outcomes of the physical game to a paytable to determine if the random outcome is a winning outcome;   responsive to the physical game outcome being a winning outcome, providing an award to the player in response to the player's physical input to the physical game.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15  wherein processing the performance outcome data comprises performing a mathematical operation on one or more outcomes of the physical game to create the random outcome. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15  wherein the performance outcome data comprises data representing an outcome resulting from play of the physical game by the player. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15  further comprising modifying, in response to the performance outcome data, the odds of receiving a winning outcome in the physical game such that the amount of modification is dependent on a value of a performance outcome data. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15  further comprising modifying, in response to the performance outcome data, an amount of an award provided to the player, the amount of the award being dependent on the value of a performance outcome data. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 15  further comprising modifying, in response to the performance outcome data, and audio or visual component of an event associated with the physical game based on the performance outcome data. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 15  further comprising presenting a bonus game to the player in response to the player having performance outcome data having a value in the physical game that is above a predetermined amount.