Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention include: an entertainment game that provides outcomes based upon skillful execution of the entertainment game by utilizing elements, where elements are a limited resource consumed within an entertainment game to advance entertainment game gameplay; a gambling game constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of elements from a wager of elements; and a transportable variables module constructed to: communicate an entertainment gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that triggers the wager of elements in the gambling game to the gambling game; associate elements with the player based upon elements accrued during the player's skillful execution of the entertainment game and the randomly generated payout of elements from the gambling game; and determine a cash out value of real world credits for the player based upon elements associated with the player.