Draw certificate based hybrid game

Abstract

A draw certificate hybrid game system that uses encrypted draw certificates issued by a draw server to resolve wagers in a gambling game. The draw certificate hybrid game system uses a computing device to provide a entertainment game of skill. Player actions are received by the computing device and used to determine a wager in a wagering event game. This wager is associated with an encrypted draw certificate. In response to the indicated wager, the computing device requests an authentication result, determined by the draw server decrypting an encrypted draw certificate. The computing device then determines a wager result from the authentication result, provides the wager result to the player within the entertainment game, and determines a change the entertainment game based on the wager result.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A draw certificate hybrid game system, comprising:
 a computing device constructed to:
 request a plurality of encrypted draw certificates from a draw server via a network, each encrypted draw certificate representing a wager outcome; 
 present an entertainment game of skill to a player, wherein the entertainment game has wagering events initiated by the player; 
 determine a wagering event has been initiated by the player in the entertainment game; 
 request from the draw server an authentication result, wherein the draw server determines the authentication result by decrypting an encrypted draw certificate from the plurality of encrypted draw certificates; 
 determine a wager result from the authentication result; 
 provide the wager result to the player within the entertainment game when the authentication result for the encrypted draw certificate is transmitted by the draw server; and 
 determine a change the entertainment game based on the wager result; and 
   the draw server connected to the computing device via the network, wherein the draw server is constructed to:
 communicate the plurality of draw certificates to the computing device responsive to a request from the computing device; and 
 authenticate the plurality of draw certificates responsive to a request from the computing device. 
   
     
     
         2 . The draw certificate hybrid game system of  claim 1  wherein the request for the encrypted draw certificate by the computing device includes identification information and receives the encrypted draw certificate in response to the draw server authenticating the user with a player authentication server. 
     
     
         3 . The draw certificate hybrid game system of  claim 2  wherein the computing device construction to present the entertainment game is further constructed to:
 determine an adjustment of game world credits of the player based on the result of the wager; and 
 update the game world credits of the player with the player authentication server in response to the determined adjustment. 
 
     
     
         4 . The draw certificate hybrid game system of  claim 1  wherein the computing device is further constructed to resolve the wager by:
 requesting redemption of the encrypted draw certificate from a redemption server that has received a copy of the encrypted draw certificate wherein the request includes account information; and 
 receiving acknowledgement of the encrypted draw certificate that is redeemed in response to the redemption server settling the account with an authorized clearing house. 
 
     
     
         5 . The draw certificate hybrid game system of  claim 1  wherein the computing device is further constructed to:
 receive a plurality of player actions; 
 determine requests for a plurality of wagers and a request to end a player session from the player actions; 
 request a plurality of encrypted draw certificates from the draw server wherein each encrypted draw certificate determines one of the plurality of wagers; 
 receive the plurality of encrypted draw certificates from the draw server; 
 determine the result of each of the plurality of wagers; 
 transmit a request to the draw server to close the player session; and 
 receive an acknowledgement from the draw server that the session has ended and each of the plurality of encrypted draw certificates has been resolved by the draw server determining the outcome of each wager from the plurality encrypted of draw certificates and requesting that an automated account clearing house update a player account in accordance with the outcome of the wagers. 
 
     
     
         6 . The draw certificate hybrid game system of  claim 1  wherein the wagering event game is a lottery style game and the computing device is constructed to resolve the wager by:
 receiving a notification from the draw server that indicates that the draw server has determined the winner of the wager from the encrypted draw certificates issued for the lottery style game that indicates that the draw server has updated an account of the player using an automated clearinghouse server when the player has won a prize in the lottery style game.