Skill-based prize levels for bonus prize awards

A computer implemented method, comprising:

• tracking wagering game experience of a player to determine a player achievement level of the player from a plurality of player achievement levels;
• selecting, in response to detecting a game event in a wagering game, a virtual prize container from a plurality of virtual prize containers that each correspond to one of a plurality of prize levels;
• awarding, to a player, the selected virtual prize container comprising information corresponding to the prize level and concealing a prize that is in the selected virtual prize container by communicating information regarding the prize to the player via a display device of an electronic gaming machine (EGM), the display device comprising a digitizer;
• receiving an input from the player that corresponds to the selected virtual prize container;
• responsive to a player achievement level being at a minimum or higher level that corresponds to the prize level of the selected virtual prize container, awarding the prize to the player, wherein the player comprises a first player;
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• sending a message that is receivable by a second player that offers the second player to redeem the selected virtual prize container that was relinquished by the first player.

A computer implemented method comprising:

• selecting a virtual prize container from a plurality of virtual prize containers that each correspond to one of a plurality of prize levels;
• awarding, to a player, the selected virtual prize container responsive to an occurrence of a game event satisfying an award rule, the selected virtual prize container comprising information defining the corresponding prize level and containing information that defines a prize that corresponds to the selected virtual prize container;
• receiving an input from the player that corresponds to the selected virtual prize container;
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• responsive to receiving the input from the player and to a player achievement level being at a minimum or higher level that corresponds to the prize level of the selected virtual prize container, awarding the prize to the player by communicating information regarding the prize to the player via a display device of an electronic gaming machine (EGM), the display device comprising a touchscreen controller.