Wagering game with simulated mechanical reels having an overlying image display

US9064372B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WMS GAMING, INC. · US

Inventors

• James M. Rasmussen · Chicago, US
• Timothy J. Durham · Oak Park, US
• Mark B. Gagner · West Chicago, US
• Alfred Thomas · Las Vegas, US
• Vladimir I. Arezina · River Forest, US
• Stephen A. Canterbury · Antioch, US
• Victor Mercado · Union City, US
• Samuel D. Ralston · Chicago, US
• Matthew R. Fitzsimons · Lake in the Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2007
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2015
• Expiry date: May 3, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/34
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A gaming machine for playing a wagering game includes a housing having a display region. A first image display device for simulating mechanical reels of a slot machine in the display region includes a curved surface that approximates the radius of curvature of a mechanical reel. The curved surface displays first video images that include a plurality of symbols indicating a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game. A second image display device displays second video images spatially separated from and overlaying the first video images within the display region. The second video images include indicia related to the wagering game.