Patent ID: 8597119
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for reconfiguring a gaming machine originally configured to present a video-based slots game to present a mechanical reel slots game having a number of reels, the method comprising: receiving, by a player input device, player input initiating play of a game on the gaming machine; sending, by a computer processor, a native video signal for presentation of a slots game to the gaming machine in response to player input initiating game play; spinning the reels associated with the gaming machine in response to player input initiating game play, the reels having flexible video displays affixed thereto; intercepting, by a multiplexer, the native video signal for processing, wherein intercepting the native video signal includes dividing the native video signal into individual reel portions, wherein the number of individual reel portions matches the number of reels; and presenting the processed video signal on the flexible video displays of the physically spinning reels.