Patent ID: 8435111

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: (i) maintain a first progressive award, (ii) display a play of a partial skill-based game upon a wager placed by a player, (iii) randomly determine any award to provide the player in the play of the partial skill-based game, and (iv) after an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the first progressive award: (a) determine if the player is eligible to play for the first progressive award, the determination based, at least in part, on at least one first input made by the player in the play of the partial skill-based game, and (b) if the player is eligible to play for the first progressive award: (1) randomly determine whether to enable the player to play for the first progressive award, and (2) if the determination is to enable the player to play for the first progressive award: (A) display a skill-based progressive award sequence associated with the first progressive award, (B) determine whether to provide the first progressive award to the player, the determination based, at least in part, on at least one second input made by the player in the skill-based progressive award sequence, and (C) if the determination is to provide the first progressive award, provide the first progressive award to the player.