Patent ID: 7566269

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a cabinet; a housing connected to the cabinet; a display device supported by the cabinet; a rotatable symbol display mechanism rotatably connected to the housing, said rotatable symbol display mechanism including a body which supports a static quantity of individual symbol display members which are spaced apart from each other, wherein at a first point in time each individual symbol display member is caused to display at least one of a plurality of different symbols, and at a second different point in time, each individual symbol display member is caused to display at least another, different one of the plurality of different symbols; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the display device, the rotatable symbol display mechanism and said static quantity plurality of individual symbol display members, for each play of a game, to: (a) cause the display device to display a plurality of selections, wherein each of said plurality of selections is associated with one of the plurality of different symbols prior to any of said plurality of selections being picked; (b) for each of the static quantity of individual symbol display members: (i) enable a player to pick one of the displayed plurality of selections, and (ii) after enabling the player to pick one of the displayed plurality of selections, cause said individual symbol display member to display the symbol associated with the picked selection, wherein the symbol said individual symbol display member is caused to display is separate from any random determination of whether to display said symbol after said selection is picked by the player in association with said a play of the a game; (c) after a triggering event occurs, cause the body of the rotatable symbol display mechanism to rotate to indicate one of the individual symbol display members; and (d) provide an award to the player, wherein the provided award is based on the symbol displayed by the indicated individual symbol display member of the rotated symbol display mechanism.