It would be nice if the half-hour bonuses would appear - and would be collected - in "Your house" instead of in the middle of the screen, any screen, often ruining an almost finished perfect combo in any of the mini games. As it is now it is extremely annoying.
Hint on the backgammon-puzzle (Which I found extremely random): The layout of two dice (ignoring the numbers on the dice) can always be compared to the layout of the backgammon board which is also split in two.