Patent ID: 7442123

Claim:
A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising: (a) displaying a symbol generator including a plurality of sections and a plurality of symbols, wherein each section includes one of said symbols; (b) determining one of said symbols to indicate for a single activation of the symbol generator, said single activation including a plurality of movements of said symbol generator; (c) after determining one of said symbols to indicate for said single activation of the symbol generator: (i) moving said symbol generator; (ii) stopping said movement of the symbol generator to cause an indicator to indicate a first point of said symbol generator, wherein said first point is a non-symbol position that is located between the section associated with said determined symbol and another one of the sections; (iii) after stopping said movement of the symbol generator to cause the indicator to indicate the first point, causing the indicator to indicate said other section at least once; (iv) after causing the indicator to indicate said other section at least once, causing the indicator to indicate the section associated with said determined symbol at least once; and (v) after causing the indicator to indicate the section associated with said determined symbol at least once, causing a final indication of said section associated with said determined symbol; and (d) providing an outcome to a player based on said determined symbol.