Patent ID: 8888589

Claim:
A method, comprising: providing a regulated gaming machine having a display and a game controller configured to control the display, interact with a player and allow the player to place a wager on selected paylines in accordance with a predetermined paytable; configuring the gaming machine to display a plurality of three-dimensional reels, each of plurality of reels including a plurality of three-dimensional symbol holders, each face of each symbol holder being configured to display a symbol thereon and each of the plurality of three-dimensional symbol holders being configured to spin such that at least one face of each symbol holder is out of view as the reels spin, the plurality of reels collectively defining a plurality of rows of three-dimensional symbol holders and a plurality of columns of three-dimensional symbol holders, each of the symbol holders, each of the plurality of rows of three-dimensional symbol holders and each of the plurality of columns of three-dimensional symbol holders being configured to be independently spun; configuring the gaming machine to display at least one three-dimensional payline, the at least one payline being configured to wrap around the plurality of three-dimensionally represented reels such that a portion of each of the at least one payline is out of view; carrying out at least one of: spinning the plurality of reels; spinning a selected one of the plurality of rows of three-dimensional symbol holders; spinning a selected one of the plurality of columns of three-dimensional symbol holders, and spinning a selected individual one of the plurality of three-dimensional symbol holders, and giving a reward when a winning combination appears under the payline after the spinning step.