Patent ID: 8376840

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, at a wagering game machine of a wagering game system, to initiate a wagering game session for a player account associated with a player in response to detecting a login indication including a player identifier associated with the player account; presenting one or more base wagering games and one or more secondary wagering games at the wagering game machine during the wagering game session associated with the player account; monitoring, at the wagering game machine, base wagering game activity associated with the one or more base wagering games that are presented during the wagering game session; generating and transmitting one or more activity notification messages comprising at least an indication of the base wagering game activity associated with the one or more base wagering games presented during the wagering game session, the player identifier, and a wagering game machine identifier associated with the wagering game machine to a player tracking server of the wagering game system to cause the player tracking server to reward the base wagering game activity associated with the player account; and generating and transmitting login and logout notification messages comprising at least a timestamp, the player identifier, and the wagering game machine identifier to a secondary game server of the wagering game system to cause the secondary game server to determine secondary wagering game activity associated with the one or more secondary wagering games presented during the wagering game session, wherein the secondary wagering game activity is to be used by the player tracking server to reward the secondary wagering game activity associated with the player account.