Patent ID: 7819741

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: a primary game comprising a set of reels and a plurality of symbols located on each reel in the set of reels; a first mechanism for spinning the set of reels and generating a primary outcome for the primary game, wherein the primary outcome is the resulting combination of two or more symbols on the set of reels; a secondary game comprising a plurality of wheels and a plurality of symbols located on each wheel in the plurality of wheels, wherein activating the secondary game results in generating a secondary outcome and the secondary outcome comprises one or more symbols selected on the set of wheels; a game controller operatively connected to the primary game and the secondary game, wherein the game controller activates the secondary game based upon the presence of a triggering symbol in the primary outcome; and a bank display comprising a reel display for replicating the primary outcome of the primary game, and a symbol display for displaying the one or more symbols generated in the secondary outcome, wherein the one or more symbols generated in the secondary outcome are used to improve the primary outcome of the primary game and are available to be used at least one more time to subsequently improve the outcome of one or more future primary games, and wherein the reel display presents an improved outcome that includes one or more symbols from the outcome of the primary game and one or more symbols generated during the secondary outcome.