Patent ID: 8523651

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one gaming machine having at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one programmable processor coupled to the display device and the input device; and at least one storage unit, coupled to the processor, wherein the unit stores a plurality of instructions executable by the programmable processor to, present on the display device a plurality of play choices; receive from the input device a play choice from a player; evaluate the choice relative to a pre-established optimum outcome which is in accordance with a selected criterion; generate at least one visual indicator of a match between the choice and the optimum outcome, the visual indicator presented on the at least one gaming machine that received the play choice which generated the match with the optimum outcome during play of a game; and establish a threshold number of matches between the choice and the optimum outcome for a predetermined time interval and compare the threshold number to an actual number of matches between the choice and the optimum outcome that occur on the game system in a given time period corresponding to the predetermined time interval.