Skill-based bonusing interleaved wagering system

An electronic gaming machine, comprising:

• a display output device;
• a bill validator/ticket scanner for scanning indicia of credit;
• a ticket printer for printing indicia of credit on a ticket;
• a random number generator;
• an interactive controller operatively connected to the display output device and an application controller, wherein the interactive controller is configured to:
• distribute, to the application controller, application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller;
• receive, from the application controller, wager outcome data;
• scan the wager outcome data to determine a wager outcome;
• generate a graphical display of the wager outcome using the display output device;
• receive, from the application controller, application resource instructions;
• receive, from the application controller, a bonus goal offer instruction;
• initiate a portion of the interactive controller that provides a bonus goal based on the bonus goal offer instruction;
• distribute, to the application controller, additional application telemetry comprising information on the progress of achieving a bonus goal;
• receive, from the application controller, a bonus wager outcome instruction;
• and
• generate a graphical display of a bonus wager outcome;
• the application controller operatively connected to the interactive controller and a wager controller, wherein the application controller is configured to:
• receive, from the interactive controller, the credit input;
• receive, from the interactive controller, the application telemetry;
• scan the application telemetry to determine whether to trigger a wager;
• when a wager is triggered, generate the wager request instructions;
• distribute the wager request instructions to the wager controller;
• receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome data;
• distribute, to the interactive controller, the wager outcome data;
• determine an application resource based on the wager outcome;
• generate application resource instructions based on the application resource;
• instruct the interactive controller by distributing, to the interactive controller, the application resource instructions;
• determine whether the bonus goal should be provided;
• when the bonus goal should be provided, generate bonus goal offer instructions;
• instruct the interactive controller, by distributing the bonus goal offer instructions to the interactive controller;
• receive, from the interactive controller, the additional application telemetry;
• scan the additional application telemetry to determine whether the bonus goal is achieved;
• when it is determined that the bonus goal is achieved, generate bonus wager request instructions;
• distribute the bonus wager request instructions to the wager controller;
• receive, from the wager controller, the bonus wager outcome data;
• generate bonus wager outcome instructions using the bonus wager outcome data;
• and
• instruct the interactive controller, by distributing the bonus wager outcome instructions to the interactive controller;
• and
• the wager controller operatively connected to the application controller, wherein the wager controller is configured to:
• receive, using the bill validator/ticket scanner, a credit input;
• credit a credit meter with credits based on the credit input;
• receive, from the application controller, a wager request instruction;
• determine a wager outcome based on the wager request instruction using a random number generator;
• update the credit meter based on the wager outcome;
• distribute, to the application controller, wager outcome data comprising the wager outcome;
• receive, from the application controller, bonus wager request instructions;
• determine a bonus wager outcome based on the bonus wager request instructions;
• update the credit meter based on the bonus wager outcome;
• distribute, to the application controller, bonus wager outcome data comprising the bonus wager outcome;
• and
• output, using the ticket printer, a credit output of credit on the credit meter.