Patent ID: 11941946
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. An electronic gaming machine comprising:
a plurality of mechanical reels, each mechanical reel comprising a plurality of symbols displayed at a plurality of reel display positions;
a video transmissive display device comprising a controllable transparent portion arranged relative to the mechanical reels such that a common line of sight passes through a portion of the video transmissive display device to a portion of the mechanical reels;
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive an input, via an input device, of a quantity of paylines for a play of a game,
for each of the quantity of paylines for the play of the game:
activate that payline, and
cause the video transmissive display device to display that payline, wherein the controllable transparent portion of the video transmissive display device displays at least part of each activated payline,

determine, based on the activated paylines, a paytable for the play of the game, wherein different paytables are associated with different activated paylines,
for each of the mechanical reels, randomly determine, based on the determined paytable for the play of the game, a symbol of the symbols of that mechanical reel, wherein for at least one of the mechanical reels, a symbol of the symbols of that mechanical reels is available to be randomly determined based on the determined paytable for the play of the game, and that symbol of that mechanical reel is unavailable to be randomly determined based on a selection of a different paytable for the play of the game, and
for each of the mechanical reels, cause that mechanical reel to move such that the reel display position associated with the randomly determined symbol of the symbols of that mechanical reel is viewable through the controllable transparent portion of the video transmissive display device, and

determine, based on the activated paylines and the symbols of the mechanical reels viewable through the controllable transparent portion of the video transmissive display device, an award for the play of the game.