Patent ID: 8998701
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a plurality of reels of an electromechanical wager-based gaming machine comprising: selecting, by a processor of the electromechanical wager-based gaming machine, a reference reel from among the plurality of reels; determining, by the processor, an offset between the final reel position of the reference reel and the final reel position of each other reel; spinning the plurality of reels, the reference reel spun according to a predetermined profile, the predetermined profile selected to stop the selected reel at its final position; sensing positions of each of the plurality of reels during spinning; and adjusting reel speeds of each of the other reels relative to the reference reel to align the other reels with the reference reel according to their determined offsets from the reference reel.