Patent ID: 8075391

Claim:
A game for a gaming machine stored on a non-transitory memory device and executed by a processor of the gaming machine, the game comprising: an interface activatable by a player using one or more input means of the gaming machine; a first game stored in the non-transitory memory device and controlled by the processor comprising a first set of outcomes, at least one of the first set of outcomes determined for use in the first game after activation of the interface by the player, a second game stored in the non-transitory memory device and controlled by the processor comprising a second set of outcomes, at least one of the second set of outcomes determined for use in the second game upon activation in response to a triggering event associated with the first game; a second game award corresponding to the determined at least one of the second set of outcomes, the second game award comprising a skill award and a supplemental award, the skill award determined by the skill of the player in playing the second game using the interface, the total of the skill award and the supplemental award equaling the second game award, wherein the second game award is always greater than the skill award for every play of the second game; and wherein the supplemental award comprises one or more hidden points randomly assigned to each of a plurality of objects collected by the player at least in part due to skillful play of the second game, such that after completion of play of the second game, the one or more assigned hidden points for each object are individually revealed to the player until the entire supplemental award has been revealed.