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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2003
Dennis Nordman, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Dennis Nordman, Lake Villa, IL (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A display device for a gaming device which includes a symbol display operable to simultaneously display a plurality of symbols. A symbol indicator is positioned adjacent to the symbol display and is operable to translate substantially parallel with respect to the symbol display. The indicator includes a plurality of pointers or arrows operable to spin about an axis that translates with the symbol indicator. In operation, the symbol display simultaneously displays a plurality of symbols from a larger group of symbols, the symbol indicator spins and translates and eventually points to one of the symbols, yielding an outcome that is based on the indicated symbol and a second symbol associated with the pointer that indicates the symbol.