Game of Skill with Wagering Components

Abstract

An article of manufacture includes a computer readable medium and computer-executable instructions carried on the computer readable medium. The instructions are readable by a processor. The instructions, when read and executed, cause the processor to present a game of skill including at least one goal associated with a portion of the game, accept a wager for a randomized prize, conduct a randomized selection process to determine the randomized prize, provide interactive control of the game of skill to a user in response to the wager, and determine whether the goals has been successfully accomplished by the user.

1 . An article of manufacture, comprising:
 a computer readable medium; and   computer-executable instructions carried on the computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:
 present a game of skill in response to accepting a wager, the game of skill including at least one goal associated with a portion of the game; 
 provide interactive control of the game of skill to a user in response to the wager; 
 determine whether the goal has been successfully accomplished by the user; 
 determine a randomized prize in response to the wager; 
 provide the randomized prize to a user of the game if the goal has been successfully accomplished; 
 not provide some or all of the randomized prize to the user if the goal has not been successfully accomplished; and 
 deposit some or all of the portion of the randomized prize not provided to the user in an accumulator. 
   
     
     
         2 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the accumulator includes a progressive payout. 
     
     
         3 . The article of  claim 1 , further comprising instructions for causing the processor to load a user profile of a user of the game of skill. 
     
     
         4 . The article of  claim 3 , further comprising instructions for causing the processor to award non-monetary rewards to the user profile, based on the play of the game of skill. 
     
     
         5 . The article of  claim 4 , further comprising instructions for causing the processor to provide redemption options for non-monetary rewards. 
     
     
         6 . The article of  claim 3 , further comprising instructions for causing the processor to add the results of playing the game to the user profile. 
     
     
         7 . The article of  claim 1 , further comprising instructions for causing the processor to unlock additional portions of the game if the goal has been successfully accomplished. 
     
     
         8 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the determining a randomized prize includes a bingo game. 
     
     
         9 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein determining a randomized prize includes a lottery drawing. 
     
     
         10 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein determining a randomized prize includes looking up the randomized prize from a prize table. 
     
     
         11 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein:
 determining a randomized prize includes looking up the randomized prize from a prize table; and   the prize table includes accumulated randomized prizes from previous wagers in the accumulator.   
     
     
         12 . The article of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the wager is made on an electronic gaming machine; and   the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same electronic gaming machine.   
     
     
         13 . The article of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the wager is made on a first electronic gaming machine;   the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with one or more second electronic gaming machines; and   the first electronic gaming machine and the second electronic gaming machines reside within the same gaming network.   
     
     
         14 . The article of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the processor is configured to accept wagers associated with a set of games including the game of skill; and   the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same game of skill.   
     
     
         15 . The article of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the processor is configured to accept wagers associated with a set of portions of the game; and   the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same portion of the game.   
     
     
         16 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a computer-readable medium;   a processor coupled to the computer-readable medium;   a display;   one or more input/output controls;   an accumulator stored in the computer-readable medium;   instructions readable by the processor and stored on the computer-readable medium, the instructions, when read and executed, causing the processor to:
 accept a wager through the input/output controls; 
 present a game of skill on the display in response to the wager, the game including a goal associated with a portion of the game; 
 in response to the wager, provide interactive control of the game to a user through the display and input/output controls; 
 determine whether the goal has been successfully accomplished; 
 conduct a randomized selection process to determine a randomized prize; 
 provide the randomized prize to the user if the goal has been successfully accomplished; 
 not provide some or all of the randomized prize to the user if the goal has not been successfully accomplished; and 
 add some or all of the portions of the randomized prize not awarded to the user to the accumulator. 
   
     
     
         17 . The electronic device of  claim 16 , wherein the accumulator includes a progressive payout. 
     
     
         18 . The electronic device of  claim 16 , further comprising instructions for causing the processor to load a user profile of a user of the game of skill based on input received through the input/output controls. 
     
     
         19 . The electronic device of  claim 18 , further comprising instructions for causing the processor to award non-monetary rewards to the user profile, based on the play of the game of skill. 
     
     
         20 . The electronic device of  claim 19 , further comprising instructions for causing the processor to provide redemption options for non-monetary rewards. 
     
     
         21 . The electronic device of  claim 18 , further comprising instructions for causing the processor to add the results of playing the game to the user profile. 
     
     
         22 . The electronic device of  claim 16 , further comprising instructions for causing the processor to unlock additional portions of the game if the goal has been successfully accomplished. 
     
     
         23 . The electronic device of  claim 16 , wherein the randomized selection process includes a bingo game. 
     
     
         24 . The electronic device of  claim 16 , wherein the randomized selection process includes a lottery drawing. 
     
     
         25 . The electronic device of  claim 16 , wherein the randomized selection process includes looking up the randomized prize from a prize table. 
     
     
         26 . The electronic device of  claim 16 , wherein:
 the randomized selection process includes looking up the randomized prize from a prize table; and   the prize table includes accumulated randomized prizes from previous wagers in the accumulator.   
     
     
         27 . The electronic device of  claim 26 , wherein:
 the wager is made on an electronic gaming machine; and   the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same electronic gaming machine.   
     
     
         28 . The electronic device of  claim 26 , wherein:
 the wager is made on a first electronic gaming machine;   the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with one or more second electronic gaming machines; and   the first electronic gaming machine and the second electronic gaming machines reside within the same gaming network.   
     
     
         29 . The electronic device of  claim 26 , wherein:
 the processor is configured to accept wagers associated with a set of games including the game of skill; and   the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same game of skill.   
     
     
         30 . The electronic device of  claim 26 , wherein:
 the processor is configured to accept wagers associated with a set of portions of the game; and   the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same portion of the game.   
     
     
         31 . A method for providing skill game play with wagering components, comprising:
 accepting a wager;   presenting a game of skill on a display in response to the wager, the game including a goal associated with a portion of the game;   in response to the wager, providing interactive control of the game to a user through the display and input/output controls;   determining whether the goal has been successfully accomplished.   conducting a randomized selection process to determine a randomized prize;   providing the randomized prize to the user if the goal has been successfully accomplished;   not awarding some or all of the randomized prize to the user if the goal has not been successfully accomplished; and   adding some or all of the parts of the randomized prize not awarded to the user to an accumulator.   
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the accumulator includes a progressive payout. 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 31 , further comprising loading a user profile of the user of the game of skill based on input received through the input/output controls. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 33 , further comprising awarding one or more non-monetary rewards to the user profile, based on the play of the game of skill. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 34 , further comprising providing redemption options for the non-monetary rewards. 
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 33 , further comprising adding the results of playing the game to the user profile. 
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 31 , further comprising unlocking additional portions of the game if the goal has been successfully accomplished. 
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the randomized selection process includes a bingo game. 
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the randomized selection process includes a lottery drawing. 
     
     
         40 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the randomized selection process includes looking up the randomized prize from a prize table. 
     
     
         41 . The electronic device of  claim 31 , wherein:
 the randomized selection process includes looking up the randomized prize from a prize table; and   the prize table includes accumulated randomized prizes from previous wagers in the accumulator.   
     
     
         42 . The electronic device of  claim 41 , wherein:
 the wager is made on an electronic gaming machine; and   the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same electronic gaming machine.   
     
     
         43 . The electronic device of  claim 41 , wherein:
 the wager is made on a first electronic gaming machine;   the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with one or more second electronic gaming machines; and   the first electronic gaming machine and the second electronic gaming machines reside within the same gaming network.   
     
     
         44 . The electronic device of  claim 41 , further comprising accepting wagers associated with a set of games including the game of skill, wherein the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same game of skill. 
     
     
         45 . The electronic device of  claim 41 , further comprising accepting wagers associated with a set of portions of the game, and wherein the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same portion of the game.