Skill game side wagering with player incentives

A gaming system comprising:

• a processor;
• a display device;
• an input device;
• and
• a memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the display device and the input device, for a play of a wagering game, to:
• receive, from a plurality of bettors, a respective plurality of wagers that correspond to selected players of a plurality of players in a multiplayer skill-based challenge;
• determine that ones of the selected players have achieved a threshold outcome in the skill-based challenge;
• award a bettor monetary prize to ones of the plurality of bettors in response to the corresponding selected players that achieve the threshold outcomes in the multiplayer skill-based game;
• and
• award each of the ones of the selected players that achieved the threshold outcome a player monetary prize based on an amount of the wagers that are received from the plurality of bettors and based on the threshold outcomes.

A method comprising:

• receiving, from a bettor, a wager that corresponds to a selected player of a plurality of players in a skill-based challenge;
• determining that the selected player has achieved a threshold outcome in the skill-based challenge;
• awarding a bettor monetary prize to the bettor in response to the selected player achieving the threshold outcome in the skill-based game;
• and
• awarding a player monetary prize to the selected player, wherein the player monetary prize is based on an amount of the wager that is received from the bettor and based on the threshold outcome.