Patent ID: 9401073
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. An electronic gaming device comprising: a credit device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value; a user input device configured to enable a player to select a wager amount and initiate a game play where the wager amount is subtracted from a credit balance and where the credit balance being funded at least in part via the credit device; a plurality of display areas; one or more paylines formed on at least a portion of the plurality of display areas; a memory, the memory including one or more tournament game structures with one or more skill-based tournament game play structures; and one or more processors configured to initiate one or more skill-based tournament entry games, determine if at least one player has qualified for a first tournament based upon the outcome of said one or more skill-based tournament entry games, and when a player has qualified, initiate a first tournament having N rounds of game play, where N is 2 or more, wherein at least one of said rounds comprises a slot-type round and at least one of said rounds comprises a skill-based round, including advancing said player to the next round of said tournament when said player successfully completes a round and returning said player to said existing round when said player unsuccessfully completes a round.