Patent ID: 8591330

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: a plurality of mechanical reels operatively coupled to a stepper motor that spins the reels, wherein each mechanical reel includes a flexible video display affixed to an outer circumference of the mechanical reel and a video encoder converts video data into a format for presentation on the flexible video display; a main central processing unit for executing instructions for a native mechanical reel game; a video cut up and multiplexer engine in communication with the main central processing unit, wherein the video cut up and multiplexer engine intercepts native non-video signals from the native mechanical reel game and converts the native non-video signals into video images for multiple reels for presentation on the flexible video displays on the plurality of mechanical reels and wherein the video cut up and multiplexer engine divides the video images for multiple reels into individual reel video images, wherein the video cut up and multiplexer engine transmits the individual reel video images to the flexible video displays on the plurality of mechanical reels for presentation; and a display control system in communication with the flexible video display, wherein the display control system includes a central processing unit for decoding and transmitting processed mechanical reelgame data for display on the flexible video display.