Systems and methods for providing an interactive media based gambling hybrid game. Interactive media is provided to a player with the interactive media having a storyline and a plurality of storyline branches for the storyline. Player interactions with the interactive media are received and a determination is made when a real credit gambling event occurs based on the received player interactions. An outcome of the gambling event is determined and a storyline branch from among the plurality of storyline branches is determined on the basis of the outcome of the gambling event and presented to the player.