Patent ID: 8342947

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a gaming device including at least one input device; at least one display device associated with said gaming device; and at least one controller configured to operate with said gaming device and said at least one display device to: (a) enable a player to place a wager on at least one play of a primary game; (b) associate one of a plurality of different virtual competitors with the player; (c) for each competitor point accumulation event which occurs in association with the at least one play of the primary game, accumulate a quantity of competitor points for the associated competitor; (d) for each eligibility point accumulation event which occurs in association with the at least one play of the primary game, accumulate a quantity of eligibility points for the associated competitor; and (e) if a competition sequence triggering event occurs: (i) determine if the associated competitor is eligible to participate in a competition sequence, the determination based on the quantity of eligibility points accumulated for the associated competitor; and (ii) if the associated competitor is eligible to participate in the competition sequence: (1) enable the associated competitor and at least one additional competitor to participate in the competition sequence, said at least one additional competitor being associated with a quantity of competitor points; and (2) for each participating competitor, determine an outcome of the competition sequence based, at least in part, on a relative probability of the competitor achieving a designated outcome in the competition sequence, said relative probability based, at least in part, on the quantity of competitor points accumulated for the competitor relative to the quantity of competitor points accumulated for each of the participating competitors.