Patent ID: 8777753

Claim:
One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a set of one or more processors cause the set of one or more processors to perform operations comprising: detecting an occurrence of a wagering game outcome; based on the occurrence of the wagering game outcome, providing a persistent object, wherein the persistent object is stored in an inventory for a wagering game player account, wherein the inventory is accessible via a social communication application configured to provide social communication functionality, and wherein the persistent object includes metadata instructions to perform a wagering game function if the persistent object is transferred to a portion of the social communication application associated with wagering game functionality; in response to user input, transferring the persistent object from the inventory accessible via the social communication application to an area of a display associated with the wagering game functionality, wherein the area of the display is associated with a chat console for the social communication application, wherein a wagering game is presented via a chat message in the chat console, and wherein the transferring the persistent object comprises transferring the persistent object from the inventory to the chat console; and performing the wagering game function in response to the transferring of the persistent object to the area of the display.