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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Applicant:
Dennis K. Mead, Carson City, NV (US);
Inventor:
Dennis K. Mead, Carson City, NV (US);
Assignee:
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gaming device having a display device including one or more display screens and a blank physical mechanical rotatable wheel mounted behind the display screen(s). Each display screen is capable of showing one or more images in a coordinated manner with the blank mechanical wheel. The display device is particularly suited for a server based gaming environment as discussed below, where the symbols on the mechanical wheel may need to be different for different games caused to be displayed by a central server.