Controlling cross-application wagering game content

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• presenting a first wagering game object within a first area of a graphical display, wherein a first wagering game application controls the first wagering game object within the first area, and wherein the first wagering game application runs concurrently with, but independently from, a second wagering game application during a wagering game session;
• determining a game trigger caused by wagering activity during the wagering game session;
• determining, from the first wagering game application, object attributes that identify the first wagering game object.
• generating, in response to the game trigger, a second wagering game object that possesses one or more of the object attributes of the first wagering game object;
• presenting the second wagering game object within a second area of the graphical display, wherein the second wagering game application controls the second area;
• and
• stopping the presenting of the first wagering game object within the first area of the first wagering game application concurrently with the presenting the second wagering game object within the second area causing a visual effect that appears to transfer the first wagering game object out of the first area into the second area.