Patent ID: 8133108

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a first display device configured to display a plurality of symbols associated with an outcome of a wagering game, wherein the plurality of symbols can be variably displayed and stop displayed; a second display device positioned in front of the first display device, the second display device being configured to display an image, wherein the second display device is operable to be switched between a transmissive condition and a non-transmissive condition; and a controller configured to control the first and second display devices, wherein the controller, in response to a case in which a combination of the plurality of symbols reaches a condition in which it lacks one symbol of a prescribed combination, directs the second display device to: switch corresponding portions thereof in front of the plurality of symbols from the transmissive condition into the non-transmissive condition, display on the second display device a symbol-bearing reel image with a symbol image corresponding to a last stop displayed symbol displayed on the first display device, and depict the symbol-bearing reel image as spinning then stopping to reveal a plurality of symbol images such that the symbol image corresponding to the last stop displayed symbol is replaced with a new symbol image.