Distributed bonus feature

A gaming system primarily dedicated to playing a casino wagering game, the system comprising:

• a wagering game server configured to store bonus game state data for a bonus game, the bonus game state data personal to a player and a bonus game fund personal to the player, the wagering game server further configured to maintain an available portion of the bonus game fund and a reserved portion of the bonus game fund;
• a first wagering game machine having 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 first wagering game machine configured to present a first wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered and further configured to:
• initiate a first wagering game session, the first wagering game session associated with the player in accordance with one of a player tracking identification and an account identification of the player,
• determine portions of one or more wagers during the first wagering game session to be allocated for a bonus game fund for the bonus game, the bonus game fund personal to the player, and
• send data indicating the portions of the one or more during the first wagering game session to the wagering game server;
• and
• a second wagering game machine configured to present a second wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered and further configured to:
• initiate a second wagering game session, the second wagering game session associated with the player in accordance with one of the player tracking identification and an account identification of the player,
• determine portions of one or more wagers during the second wagering game session to be allocated for the bonus game fund personal to the player for the bonus game, and
• send data indicating the portions of the one or more wagers during the second wagering game session to the wagering game server;
• and
• a presentation layer for the bonus game, the presentation layer including one or more elements;
• wherein response to a determination of a first bonus game entry event during the first wagering game session, the one or more elements of the presentation layer are determined, based at least in part, on an amount of the available portion;
• wherein response to a determination of a second bonus game entry event during the second wagering game session, the one or more elements of the presentation layer are determined, based at least in part, in an amount of the reserved portion.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon computer executable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations 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 data representing one or more wagers during the first wagering game session;
• determining a portion of the one or more wagers to be allocated 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.