Patent ID: 8348746

Claim:
A method of presenting simulated reels on a processor-based gaming machine adapted for accepting a wager, playing a reel-type game based on the wager and granting a payout based on the result of the wager-based reel-type game, comprising: displaying on a display device of said processor-based gaming machine, a plurality of simulated rotating reels, said plurality of simulated rotating reels including a plurality of reel symbols distributed on a plurality of reel stops thereupon; and facilitating the display of said simulated rotating reels upon said display device using a reel blur generator in communication with at least one master gaming controller of said processor-based gaming machine and said display device, wherein said reel blur generator reconfigures at least one of said simulated rotating reels such that one or more of said plurality of reel symbols are replaced by one or more corresponding substitute blurred reel symbols when said simulated rotating reels are depicted in motion on said display device.