Systems and methods for providing a gambling hybrid game with an accumulated trigger and deferred gambling are disclosed. The gambling hybrid game monitors an accumulation of an activating element during play of an entertainment game and activates a gambling game in a manner dependent upon the amount of the activating element accumulated during the play of the entertainment game. The gambling game may occur only after a sufficient amount of the activating element has been accumulated and/or at a particular point in game play of the entertainment game. Awards of a game currency and/or real credits based on the results of gambling events in the gambling game may also be determined by the accumulation of the activating element.
