Patent ID: 8398475

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one input device; at least one display 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, causes the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device, for a single play of a multi-game gaming session, to: (a) display a skill related first game having a plurality of individually activatable components; (b) display a plurality of separate chance based second games each respectively associated with a different one of the individually activatable components of the skill related first game; (c) for each individually activatable component of the skill related first game, if that individually activatable component is activated a designated number of times during the single play of the multi-game gaming session, through a designated player input, trigger a play of the chance based second game associated with said activated individually activatable component; (d) for each triggered play of one of said chanced based second games: (i) randomly determine an outcome for said triggered chance based second game; (ii) display the randomly determined outcome to a player; and (iii) if the randomly determined outcome is one of a plurality of winning outcomes, display an award to the player, the award is determined at least in part by an amount of an effective wager placed on the play of the triggered chance based second game; and (e) provide any awards from the plays of the triggered chanced based second games to the player.