Patent ID: 8070589

Claim:
An electronic skill-based redemption game comprising: a display; a computer processor, said processor programmed to generate a plurality of reels on the display, each of the plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols; a memory capable of storing a plurality of software instructions, at least one winning combination of symbols and paytable information corresponding to the at least one winning combination of symbols; a wager input interface for accepting consideration from a player and said computer processor further programmed to provide the player with a plays value and a points value responsive thereto; means for accepting a wager from the player in an amount up to an available number of points; player controlled means for commencing play of the skill-based redemption game, upon activation of which the computer processor implements the following software instructions: (i) decrementing the plays value by one and the points value by the amount of the wager; (ii) simulating the rotation of the plurality of reels on the display by varying the position of the plurality of symbols on the plurality of reels; (iii) providing compensation to the player in accordance with the paytable if a combination of multiple of said plurality of symbols wherein at least one of the plurality of symbols on each of the plurality of reels matches the at least one winning combination of symbols; and (iv) terminating further play of the skill-based redemption game if the plays value reaches zero.