Patent ID: 8764557

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 display device and the at least one input device to: (a) maintain a progressive award, (b) display an offer amount to a player in association with a play of an offer and acceptance game, (c) enable the player to accept or reject the displayed offer amount, (d) if the player accepts the displayed offer amount, provide the player the accepted offer amount without initiating any play of any skill supplemental game associated with the play of the offer and acceptance game and without providing the player any opportunity to obtain the maintained progressive award in association with any play of any skill supplemental game associated with the play of the offer and acceptance game, and (e) if the player rejects the displayed offer amount, for a play of a separate skill supplemental game: (i) enable the player to make at least one input, (ii) determine a skill supplemental game outcome, said skill supplemental game outcome being based, at least in part, on the at least one input made by the player, (iii) display the determined skill supplemental game outcome, (iv) determine if the maintained progressive award is associated with the determined skill supplemental game outcome, and (v) if the maintained progressive award is associated with the determined skill supplemental game outcome, provide the player the maintained progressive award.