Skill-based gaming machine and method that maintain a desired return to player

A method of a gaming machine, the method comprising:

• presenting, via a display of the gaming machine, a game outcome for a first player of a plurality of players;
• selecting, based on the game outcome, a weighted table from a first weighted table and a second weighted table, wherein the first weighted table provides a first return to player and the second weighted table provides a second return to player that is lower than the first return to player;
• randomly generating a prize value for the game outcome based on the selected weighted table;
• awarding at least a portion of the prize value to the first player if the first weighted table was selected for the weighted table used to generate the prize value;
• placing the prize value in a prize pool if the second weighted table was selected for the weighted table used to generate the prize value;
• and
• awarding the prize pool to one or more players of a plurality of players.