Patent ID: 8864572

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, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device to; (a) enable a player to place a wager amount on one of a plurality of different quantities of skill opportunities for a play of a skill game, wherein different wager amounts are associated with different quantities of skill opportunities and each of the quantities of skill opportunities for the play of the skill game is at least two, (b) for each of the wagered on quantity of skill opportunities for the play of the skill game: (i) enable the player to make an input, and (ii) determine whether the input made by the player is a correct input, and (iii) display whether the input made by the player is the correct input, (c) determine a quantity of correct inputs made by the player, (d) determine any award for the play of the skill game, any determined award being based upon the determined quantity of correct inputs made by the player, wherein an amount of any determined award is based on the determined quantity of correct inputs made relative to a predetermined quantity of correct inputs associated with the wagered on quantity of skill opportunities for the play of the skill game, a first quantity of wagered on skill opportunities for the play of the skill game is associated with a first predetermined quantity of correct inputs and a second, different quantity of wagered on skill opportunities for the play of the skill game is associated with a second, different predetermined quantity of correct inputs, and (e) display any determined award for the play of the skill game.