Patent ID: 8608560

Claim:
A method to play a wagering game, the method comprising: providing a processing unit and an output unit; executing instructions on the processing unit to perform a following operations: storing clips of a character animation in a storage medium; for each different possible outcome, providing a set of potential clip sequences, each potential clip sequence comprising an initial clip, at least two intermediate clips, and a final clip; receiving a wager from a player; identifying a final outcome determined by an electronic random number generator; determining a displayed clip sequence randomly out of the set of potential clip sequences that is associated with the final outcome, with a final clip in the displayed clip sequence displaying the final outcome, clips in the displayed sequence being retrieved from the storage medium; displaying the displayed clip sequence, wherein a first frame and last frame of intermediate clips in each potential clip sequences are identical match to a first frame of the final clip in the potential clip sequences but not last frame of the final clip in the potential clip sequences; and awarding an award to the player, if earned, based on the final outcome.