An electronic gaming machine is disclosed. The electronic gaming machine includes an interactive controller constructed to: determine that a user has used a power-up in a skill-based game; provide to the user an advantage in the skill-based game; communicate to an application controller, application telemetry data of the user's use of the power-up; receive from the application controller, a wager outcome; and present to the user the wager outcome. The electronic gaming machine further includes the application controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and a wager controller. The application controller is constructed to: receive the application telemetry data; determine that the user has used the power-up; generate a wager request on the determination that the user has used the power-up; communicate to the wager controller, the wager request; receive from the wager controller, a wager outcome; and communicate the wager outcome to the interactive controller for display to the user.