Patent ID: 8142273
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A processor-based gaming machine configured to accept a wager, play a game based on the wager and grant a payout based on the result of the wager-based game, comprising: an exterior housing arranged to contain a plurality of internal gaming machine components therein; a master gaming controller in communication with at least one of said plurality of internal gaming machine components and configured to execute or control one or more aspects of said wager-based game; a multi-layer display device in communication with said master gaming controller and configured to display at least one spinning gaming wheel thereupon, said at least one spinning gaming wheel including a plurality of wheel stops distributed thereupon, said spinning gaming wheel configured to depict one or more symbols on a frontal surface of the spinning gaming wheel moving along a circular or elliptical path when viewed by a player of the gaming machine, wherein said multi-layer display device includes: a dedicated wheel processor in communication with at least one of said master gaming controller and said multi-layer display device, wherein said dedicated wheel processor is configured to vary display parameters of said at least one spinning gaming wheel from play to play during a session of play of a wheel-type game on said processor-based gaming machine, said display parameters governing the length, speed, acceleration, and deceleration of wheel spins.