REEL-BASED GAMING MACHINE WITH MULTIPLE OVERLAID DISPLAYS
A gaming machine and method are disclosed that provide enhanced visual effects for a player through the use of one or more electroluminescent displays overlaying a display area associated with a set of electro-mechanical slot reels (or reel tape). Various embodiments are shown, such as overlaid displays that include cutouts about one or more reels and provide video or static images that are interactive with the reels during either the base game or feature game.
1 . A gaming machine, the gaming machine comprising:
a set of reels arranged in parallel;
a reel display area having at least one window through which indicia from each of the reels may be viewed,
at least one electroluminescent panel operably and visibly attached to said gaming machine proximate to said reel display area such that a player may make a visual association between each individual game indicia and at least one portion of said at least one electroluminescent panel; and,
where said at least one electroluminescent panel is further configured such that said window 1 and window 5 have at least one visually associative area for each visible game indicia, window 2 and window 4 have at least two visually associative areas for each visible game indicia, and, window 3 has at least three visually associative areas for each visible game indicia.
2 . A gaming machine including
a set of reels;
a primary game operable on the gaming machine and interactive with the set of reels;
multiple displays overlaying the reels;
two or more of the displays providing images associated with each other, the primary reels, and the primary game;
a portion of one or more of the reels visible along with the images.
3 . 2 . A gaming machine including
a set of reels;
a primary game operable on the gaming machine and interactive with the set of reels;
a feature game operable upon one or more outcomes associated with the primary game;
multiple displays overlaying the reels;
two or more of the displays providing images associated with each other and the feature game;
a portion of one or more of the reels visible along with the images.