Patent ID: 8986094
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a gaming system primarily dedicated to playing a casino wagering game, the gaming system including a housing, a random number generator, an electronic display device, and an electronic input device, the electronic display device and the electronic input device being coupled to the housing, the method comprising: initiating a first wagering game session on a first wagering game machine, the first wagering game session associated with a player in accordance with one of a player tracking identification and an account identification of the player; receiving into a computer-readable medium, data representing one or more wagers during the first wagering game session; determining by one or more processors, a portion of the one or more wagers; allocating, by the one or more processors, the portion to a bonus game fund personal to the player, the bonus game fund personal to the player having an available portion and a reserved portion; in response to determining a first bonus game entry event during the first wagering game session, displaying one or more elements of a bonus game presentation layer for a bonus game, wherein a graphical attribute of the one or more elements is determined, based at least in part, on an amount of the available portion; initiating a second wagering game session after the first wagering game session, the second wagering game session associated with the player in accordance with one of the player tracking identification and the account identification of the player; and in response to determining a second bonus game entry event during the second wagering game session, displaying the one or more elements of the bonus game presentation layer, wherein the graphical attribute of the one or more elements is determined, based at least in part, on an amount of the reserved portion.