Patent ID: 7753773

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a plurality of reel sets, wherein at least a first one of the reel sets includes an inner reel and an outer reel concentrically arranged around the inner reel, the outer reel of the first reel set defines at least one viewable area through which the inner reel is viewable; at least one input device; at least one display device; 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 plurality of reel sets, the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (a) provide at least one play of a first game when the first game is selected to be played after a first wager amount is placed, said first game having a first set of symbols including: (i) a plurality of symbols on the outer reel of the first reel set, and (ii) at least one first game symbol on the inner reel of the first reel set, and the at least one play of the first game includes generating at least one of the symbols of the first set of symbols, said generation includes causing the inner reel and outer reel to be positioned such that the generated first game symbols on the inner reel are viewable through the viewable area of the outer reel, said selection to play the first game being independent of any generation of any symbols associated with any play of any second game; and (b) provide at least one play of a second game when the second game is selected to be played after said first wager amount is placed, said second game being different than the first game, said second game having a second set of symbols including: (i) the plurality of symbols on the outer reel of the first reel set, and (ii) at least one second game symbol on the inner reel of the first reel set, said second game symbols being different than said first game symbols, and the at least one play of the second game includes generating at least one of the symbols of the second set of symbols, said generation includes causing the inner reel and outer reel to be positioned such that the generated second game symbols on the inner reel are viewable through the viewable area of the outer reel, said selection to play the second game being independent of any generation of any symbols associated with any play of the first game.