Patent ID: 7927204
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a line input in a slot machine, wherein the line wager comprises a number of lines and a wager amount per line; graphically depicting a M-reel game on a display of the slot machine, where M≧2, wherein each reel comprises a plurality of discrete indicia, a subset m>1 of the plurality of discrete indicia being displayed when the reel is at rest; automatically selecting N consecutive reels from the M reels, where 1<N<M; spinning at least each of the graphically depicted N reels on the display of the slot machine; determining a final position corresponding to each of the N reels; stopping each of the graphically depicted N reels at the corresponding final position; determining a payout outcome of the game based on the line wager and based on a comparison of the indicia displayed on each of the selected n reels to a predefined pay-table; wherein automatically selecting N consecutive reels from the M reels comprises: stopping the N-reel wide frame at the determined final position of the N-reel wide frame.