Patent ID: 8366536

Claim:
A method of gaming for use with a gaming machine having a controller and a display, the method comprising: providing via the controller one or more reels in a spinning reel game, said reels being displayed on the display as three dimensional and displayed as provided with game symbols along and around said reels; displaying on the display spinning and rotating of said reels and thereby sequentially displaying at least some of said game symbols displayed as provided along and around said reels, wherein each one of the reels spins around a first axis and rotates around a second axis, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis; stopping via the controller said spinning and said rotating of each of said reels at a respective stop position; and determining a first game outcome via the controller based on at least some of said game symbols displayed when each of said reels is in its respective stop position; and further including displaying at least some of said reels with at least some transparency; and further including, displaying each of said reels as being filled with a material to respective fill levels, and determining a second game outcome from at least one of said respective fill levels.