Patent ID: 8460098

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: a housing; at least one input device supported by the housing; at least one display device including a display screen supported by the housing and a rotatable mechanical wheel supported by the housing which is: (i) positioned behind the display screen, and (ii) aligned with the display screen such that a plurality of lines of sight extend through the display screen and such that the mechanical wheel can be seen through the display screen when the display screen is in an at least partially transparent state, and such that the mechanical wheel can not be seen through the display screen when the display screen is in an at least partially non-transparent state; an actuator supported by the housing, said actuator connected to the rotatable mechanical wheel and configured to change a distance between the display screen and the mechanical wheel; and at least one processor programmed to operate with the at least one display device and the actuator, to cause display screen to be in the at least partially transparent state at first designated times, and to cause the display screen to be in the at least partially non-transparent state as second designated times.