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

Claim 11:
12. 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:
responsive to a play of a first game associated with a first quantity of wagered on paylines displayed by the video transmissive display device:
select, based on the first quantity of wagered on paylines, a first paytable,
for each of a first quantity of the mechanical reels associated with the play of the first game, randomly determine, based on the selected first paytable, a symbol of the symbols of that mechanical reel, and
for each of the first quantity of 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 responsive to a play of a second game associated with a second, different quantity of wagered on paylines displayed by the video transmissive display device:
select, based on the second, different quantity of activated paylines, a second, different paytable,
for each of a second, different quantity of the mechanical reels associated with the play of the second game, randomly determine, based on the selected second, different paytable, a symbol of the symbols of that mechanical reel, wherein for at least one of the second, different quantity of the mechanical reels, a symbol of the symbols of that mechanical reel is available to be randomly determined based on the selected second, different paytable and that symbol of that mechanical reel is unavailable to be randomly determined based on the selected first paytable, and
for each of the second, different quantity 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.