Gaming device having risk evaluation bonus round

A gaming device comprising:

• a primary wagering game operable upon a wager by a player;
• a success award;
• an offer award;
• a probability of obtaining said success award;
• and
• a triggering event in said primary wagering game, wherein after the occurrence of said triggering event said probability is selected independent of said offer award, said selected probability, success award, and offer award are simultaneously displayed to the player, the player is enabled to keep said offer award or try for said success award and a determination of whether the player receives said success award occurs if the player tries for said success award wherein said determination is based on the selected probability.

A gaming device comprising:

• a primary wagering game operable upon a wager by a player;
• a success award;
• a probability of obtaining said success award;
• a consolation award;
• an offer award;
• and
• a triggering event in said primary wagering game, wherein after the occurrence of said triggering event said probability is selected independent of said offer award and the player is enabled to keep said offer award or try for said success award, wherein if the player tries for said success award a determination of whether the player receives said success award or said consolation award occurs wherein said determination is based on the selected probability.

A gaming device comprising:

• a primary wagering game operable upon a wager by a player;
• a success award;
• a probability associated with said success award;
• an offer award;
• and
• a triggering event in said primary wagering game, wherein after the occurrence of said triggering event said offer award, said success award and said probability are displayed to the player, wherein said probability is selected independent of said offer award, the player is enabled to select said offer award or try for said success award, a determination of whether the player obtains said success award occurs if the player selected to try for said success award wherein said determination is based on the probability associated with said success award and an exhibition is displayed to the player that reveals if the player obtains said success award.

A gaming device comprising:

• a primary wagering game operable upon a wager by a player;
• a success award;
• a probability of obtaining said success award;
• an offer award;
• a consolation award;
• and
• a triggering event in said primary wagering game, wherein after the occurrence of said triggering event said probability is selected independent of the award offer, said success award, said probability and said offer award are simultaneously displayed to the player, the player is enabled to keep said offer award or try for said success award, said offer award is provided to the player if the player keeps said offer award, a determination of whether the player receives said success award or said consolation award occurs if the player tries for the success award wherein said determination is based on said selected probability, said success award or said consolation award is provided to the player based on said determination and an exhibition is displayed to the player which reveals whether the player obtains said success award.

A gaming device comprising:

• a primary wagering game operable upon a wager by a player;
• a plurality of success awards, wherein each success award is associated with one of a plurality of first probabilities of being selected;
• a plurality of success award probabilities of obtaining a success award, wherein each success award probability is associated with one of a plurality of second probabilities of being selected;
• an offer award;
• and
• a triggering event in said primary wagering game, wherein after the occurrence of said triggering event one of said success awards is selected based on the first probability associated with said selected success award, one of said success award probabilities of obtaining said selected success award is selected independent of said offer award and based on the second probability associated with the selected success award probability, said offer award, said selected success award and said selected success award probability associated with said selected success award are simultaneously displayed to the player, the player is enabled to keep said selected offer award or try for said selected success award, a determination of whether to provide the player said selected success award occurs if the player tries for the selected success award wherein said determination is based on said selected success award probability and the selected success award is provided to the player if said determination is to provide said selected success award to the player.

A gaming device comprising:

• a primary wagering game operable upon a wager by a player;
• a plurality of success awards, wherein each success award is associated with one of a plurality of first probabilities of being selected;
• a plurality of success award probabilities of obtaining a success award, wherein each success award probability is associated with one of a plurality of second probabilities of being selected;
• an offer award;
• a plurality of consolation awards, wherein each consolation award is associated with one of a plurality of third probabilities of being selected;
• and
• a triggering event in said primary wagering game, wherein after the occurrence of said triggering event one of said success awards is selected based on the first probability associated with said selected success award, one of said success award probabilities of obtaining said selected success award is selected independent of said offer award and based on the second probability associated with the selected success award probability, one of said consolation awards is selected based on the third probability associated with the selected consolation award, said offer award, said selected success award and said selected success award probability are simultaneously displayed to the player, the player is enabled to keep said offer award or try for said displayed success award, said offer award is provided to the player if the player keeps said offer award, a determination based on the selected success award probability is made whether to provide the player said selected success award or said selected consolation award if the player tries for the selected success award and said selected success award or said selected consolation award is provided to the player based on said determination.

A gaming device comprising:

• a success award;
• an offer award;
• a probability of obtaining said success award;
• a display device;
• and
• a processor operable with said display device to display said offer award to a player, display said success award and the probability of obtaining said success award to the player, wherein said probability is selected independent of said offer award, enable the player to keep the offer award or risk the offer award to obtain the success award, determine based on the probability whether the player obtains the success award if the player risks the offer award, provide the offer award to the player if the player keeps the offer award and provide the success award to the player if the player risks the offer award and the processor determines that the player obtains the success award.

A gaming device comprising:

• a primary game operable upon a wager by a player;
• a success award;
• an offer award;
• a probability of obtaining said success award;
• and
• a triggering event in said primary wagering game, wherein after the occurrence of said triggering event said offer award is displayed to the player, said success award and the probability of obtaining said success award are displayed to the player, wherein said probability is selected independent of said offer award, the player is enabled to keep the offer award or risk the offer award to obtain the success award, if the player risks the offer award a determination based on the probability of whether the player obtains the success award occurs, the offer award is provided to the player if the player keeps the offer award and the success award is provided to the player if the player risks the offer award and the determination reveals that the player obtains the success award.

A gaming device comprising:

• a plurality of success awards;
• a plurality of probabilities of obtaining one of the success awards;
• a plurality of offer awards;
• a plurality of attempts, wherein each attempt includes one of said success awards and one of said offer awards;
• a display device;
• and
• a processor operable with said display device to select one of said success awards and one of said offer awards for each of said plurality of attempts, determine one of the probabilities of obtaining said selected success award for each of said plurality of attempts, substantially simultaneously display to a player said selected offer award, said selected success award and said determined probability associated with said selected success award for each of said plurality of attempts, enable the player to keep said selected offer award or try for said selected success award for each of said plurality of attempts, determine based on said probability whether the player obtains said selected success award for each of said plurality of attempts if the player tries for the selected success award and provide any obtained selected success award to the player for each of said plurality of attempts if the player tries for the selected success award.

A gaming device comprising:

• a primary game operable upon a wager by a player;
• a plurality of success awards;
• a plurality of probabilities of obtaining one of the success awards;
• a plurality of offer awards;
• a plurality of attempts, wherein each attempt includes one of said success awards and one of said offer awards;
• and
• a triggering event in said primary wagering game, wherein after the occurrence of said triggering event one of said success awards and one of said offer awards are selected for each of said plurality of attempts, one of the probabilities of obtaining said selected success award is determined for each of said plurality of attempts, said selected offer award, said selected success award and said determined probability associated with said selected success award are substantially simultaneously displayed to the player for each of said plurality of attempts, the player is enabled to keep said selected offer award or try for said selected success award for each of said plurality of attempts, a determination based on said probability of whether the player receives said selected success award occurs for each of said plurality of attempts if the player tries for said success award and said selected success award is provided to the player for each of said plurality of attempts if the player tries for the selected success award and the determination is to provide the selected success award to the player.

A gaming device comprising:

• a plurality of success awards;
• an independent probability of success associated with each success award;
• a display device;
• and
• a processor operable with said display device to enable the selection of at least one of said success awards, indicate the probability associated with said selected success award, enable the player to attempt to obtain said selected success award, determine based on said associated probability if the player obtains said selected success award and provide any obtained success award to the player.

A gaming device comprising:

• a primary game operable upon a wager by a player;
• a plurality of success awards;
• an independent probability of success associated with each success award;
• a triggering event in said primary wagering game, wherein after the occurrence of said triggering event the selection of at least one of said success awards occurs, the probability associated with said selected success award is indicated, the player is enabled to attempt to obtain said selected success award, a determination of whether the player obtains said selected success award occurs wherein said determination is based on said associated probability, the selected success award is provided to the player if the determination is to provide the player said selected success award.

A gaming device comprising:

• a range of success awards;
• an offer award;
• a range of probabilities of obtaining a success award;
• a display device;
• and
• a processor operable with said display device to select one of said success awards from the range of success awards, select one of the probabilities from the range of probabilities wherein said probability is selected independent of said offer award, display said offer award, said selected success award and said selected probability to a player, enable the player to keep the offer award or risk the offer award to obtain the success award, determine based on the selected probability whether the player obtains the selected success award if the player risks the offer award, provide the offer award to the player if the player keeps the offer award and provide the selected success award to the player if the player risks the offer award and the processor determines that the player obtains the selected success award.

A gaming device comprising:

• a primary game operable upon a wager by a player,
• a range of success awards;
• an offer award;
• a range of probabilities of obtaining a success award;
• and
• a triggering event in said primary wagering game, wherein after the occurrence of said triggering event one of said success awards is selected from said range of success awards, one of said probabilities is selected from said range of probabilities wherein said probability is selected independent of said offer award, said offer award, said selected success award and the selected probability are displayed to the player, the player is enabled to keep the offer award or risk the offer award to obtain the selected success award, if the player risks the offer award a determination based on the selected probability of whether the player obtains the selected success award occurs, the offer award is provided to the player if the player keeps the offer award and the selected success award is provided to the player if the player risks the offer award and the determination reveals that the player obtains the selected success award.

A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) selecting a probability of obtaining a success award wherein said probability is selected independent of an offer award;
• (b) simultaneously displaying said offer award, said success award and said selected probability of obtaining said success award to a player;
• (c) enabling the player to keep said offer award or try for said success award;
• (d) providing said offer award to the player if the player keeps said offer award;
• and
• (e) randomly determining based on the selected probability whether the player receives said success award or a consolation award if the player tries for said success award.

A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) selecting a probability of obtaining a success award wherein said probability is selected independent of an offer award;
• (b) simultaneously displaying said offer award, said success award and said selected probability of obtaining said success award to a player;
• (c) enabling the player to keep said offer award or try for said success award;
• and
• (d) randomly determining based on the selected probability whether the player receives said success award if the player tries for said success award.

A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) selecting a probability of obtaining a success award wherein said probability is selected independent of an offer award;
• (b) enabling a player to keep said offer award or try for said success award;
• and
• (c) randomly determining based on the selected probability whether the player receives said success award or a consolation award if the player tries for said success award.

A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) selecting a probability of obtaining a success award wherein said probability is selected independent of an offer award;
• (b) simultaneously displaying said offer award, said success award and said selected probability of obtaining said success award to a player;
• (c) enabling the player to keep said offer award or try for said success award;
• (d) providing said offer award to the player if the player keeps said offer award;
• (e) determining based on said selected probability whether to provide said success award or said consolation award to the player if the player tries for the success award;
• (f) providing based on the determination either said success award or said consolation award to the player if the player tries for the success award;
• and
• (g) displaying an exhibition to the player which reveals whether the success award is provided to the player.

A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) selecting one of a plurality of success awards, wherein each success award is associated with a first probability of being selected and said selection is based on said associated first probabilities;
• (b) selecting one of a plurality of success award probabilities of obtaining said selected success award, wherein each success award probability of obtaining said selected success award is associated with a second probability of being selected, said selection is based on said associated second probabilities and said selection is independent of an award offer;
• (c) simultaneously displaying said offer award, said selected success award and said selected probability of obtaining said selected success award to a player;
• (d) enabling the player to keep said offer award or try for said selected success award;
• (e) determining based on said selected success award probability whether to provide said selected success award to the player, if the player tries for the selected success award;
• and
• (f) providing said selected success award to the player if the player tries for the selected success award and said determination in step (e) is to provide said selected success award to the player.

A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) selecting one of a plurality of success awards, wherein each success award is associated with a first probability of being selected and said selection is based on said associated first probabilities;
• (b) selecting one of a plurality of success award probabilities of obtaining said selected success award, wherein each success award probability of obtaining said selected success award is associated with a second probability of being selected, said selection is based on said associated second probabilities and said selection is independent of an award offer;
• (c) selecting one of a plurality of consolation awards, wherein each consolation award is associated with a third probability of being selected and said selection is based on said associated third probabilities;
• (d) simultaneously displaying said offer award, said selected success award and said selected success award probability of obtaining said selected success award to a player;
• (e) enabling the player to keep said offer award or try for said selected success award;
• and
• (f) providing said offer award to the player if the player keeps said offer award;
• (g) determining based on said selected success award probability whether to provide said success award or said consolation award to the player if the player tries for the success award;
• and
• (h) providing said displayed success award or said selected consolation award to the player if the player tries for the selected success award, wherein said provided award is based on said determination in step (g).

A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) displaying a plurality of success awards, wherein each success award is associated with an independent probability;
• (b) selecting at least one of said success awards;
• (c) indicating the probability associated with said selected success award;
• (d) enabling a player to attempt to obtain said selected success award;
• (e) determining based on said associated probability if the player obtains said selected success award;
• and
• (f) providing any obtained success award to the player.

A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

• (a) selecting a success award from a range of success awards;
• (b) selecting a probability of obtaining said success award from a range of probabilities of obtaining said success award, wherein said probability is selected independent of an offer award;
• (c) simultaneously displaying said offer award, said selected success award and said selected probability of obtaining said success award to a player;
• (d) enabling the player to keep said offer award or try for said selected success award;
• and
• (e) randomly determining based on the selected probability whether the player receives said selected success award if the player tries for said selected success award.