Patent ID: 8012010
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A processor-based gaming machine adapted for accepting a wager, playing a reel-type game based on the wager and granting a payout based on the result of the wager-based reel-type 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 adapted to execute or control one or more aspects of said wager-based reel-type game; a display device in communication with said master gaming controller and adapted to present a plurality of simulated rotating reels, said plurality of simulated rotating reels including a plurality of reel symbols distributed on a plurality of reel stops thereupon; and a reel blur generator in communication with at least one of said master gaming controller and said display device, wherein said reel blur generator is adapted to facilitate the display of said simulated rotating reels upon said display device, and wherein said reel blur generator is adapted to reconfigure at least one of said simulated rotating reels such that one or more of said plurality of reel symbols are replaced by one or more corresponding substitute blurred reel symbols when said simulated rotating reels are depicted in motion on said display device.