Patent ID: 9640019
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G07F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of conducting a wagering game on a spinning reel slot machine, comprising: receiving a wager; by use of a transmissive display overlaying a plurality of mechanical reels, displaying video graphics associated with the wagering game; rotating the plurality of mechanical reels in a first play and stopping the plurality of mechanical reels in the first play to place symbols on the reels in visual association with a display area, the displayed symbols indicating a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game; by use of the transmissive display overlaying the plurality of mechanical reels, displaying a video image spaced away from and overlaying the plurality of mechanical reels during the first play such that the video image is disposed in front of the plurality of mechanical reels between the reels and a player of the slot machine; and subsequent to the first play, (i) increasing the opacity of a portion of the transmissive display to obscure at least one, but not all, of the plurality of mechanical reels from view by the player while the unobscured ones of the plurality of mechanical reels are clearly viewed by the player, and (ii) rotating and stopping at least the unobscured ones of the plurality of mechanical reels in a second play to place symbols on the unobscured ones of the plurality of mechanical reels in visual association with the display area.