Patent ID: 11948432
Assignee: LNW GAMING, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A gaming machine comprising:
a display device configured to present a first variable wedge of a plurality of game wedges defining a wheel;
at least one moveable wedge of the plurality of game wedges, each of the at least one moveable wedge being a physical object overlapping a portion of the display device, wherein each game wedge of the plurality of game wedges associated with a respective outcome probability and a respective award; and
game-logic circuitry configured to:
generate, via a random-number generator of the game-logic circuitry, a random number representing a selected game wedge of the plurality of game wedges based on the respective outcome probabilities of the plurality of game wedges; and
in response to a trigger game wedge of the plurality of game wedges being the selected game wedge, cause the at least one moveable wedge to shift around the wheel to decrease a visible size of the first variable wedge and the respective outcome probability of the first variable wedge proportional to the change in visible size, the first variable wedge remaining visible in response to the shift of the at least one moveable wedge.