Patent ID: 11915541
Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions for conducting a game on a gaming system having a video display and a reel, the reel enclosing the video display and including a first plurality of symbol positions, the first plurality of symbol positions including a variable display position through which the video display is visible, the variable display position being located between a first position and a second position, and the one or more sequences of instructions, which, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform at least the steps of:
casting light and video effects through the variable display position via the video display;
determining that the reel is in a rotational movement about the video display;
controlling the video display to display a second plurality of symbols selected from a symbol set to visually add the second plurality of symbols to the first plurality of symbol positions, thereby lengthening the reel to increase an effective number of symbols on the reel;
when the reel is in the rotational movement, intermittently and timed with the rotational movement, flashing one of a color and a backlight;
determining that the reel stops rotational movement about the video display and that the variable display position is aligned with the video display; and
when the reel stops the rotational movement about the video display and the variable display position is aligned with the video display, controlling at different times a first portion of the video display to display to display one of the color and the backlight for the first position, and a second portion of the video display to display a different one of the color and the backlight for the second position.