Patent ID: 8764552

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device; at least one input 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, for a play of a skill-based game: (a) display a quantity of points associated with a player, (b) enable the player to make at least one quantifiable skill input, (c) if the at least one quantifiable skill input causes a player point modification event to occur, modify the displayed quantity of points associated with the player, (d) determine a probability of the player winning a designated award, said probability being determined, at least in part, based on a margin between the quantity of points associated with the player and a quantity of points associated with the designated award, and said determined probability being greater than zero percent and less than one-hundred percent, (e) determine, based at least in part on the determined probability, whether to provide the designated award, and (f) if the determination is to provide the designated award, cause the designated award to be provided to the player.