Wagering game having display arrangement formed by an image conduit
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1. A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game, comprising:
- a non-emissive physical object having a symbol-bearing surface with symbols for indicating a randomly selected outcome of said wagering game; and
an image conduit having a first end and a second end opposing said first end, said second end being adjacent to said symbol-bearing surface, said symbols appearing at said first end such that a player perceives said symbols to be located at said first end of said image conduit, said first end has first and second surfaces that are at different distances from said symbol-bearing surface, said symbols appearing to said player on said first surface, additional game indicia for said wagering game being located on said second surface.
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Abstract
A gaming system for conducting a wagering game comprises a display device and an image conduit. The display device develops or includes images of symbols associated with the wagering game. The image conduit is located in front of the display device and has a first end and a second end. The image conduit transmits the images from the second end to the first end of the image conduit. The images of the symbols appear at the first end such that a player perceives the symbols to be located at the first end of the image conduit. The display device can be a physical object with symbol indicia or a video display for displaying video images.
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1. A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game, comprising:
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a non-emissive physical object having a symbol-bearing surface with symbols for indicating a randomly selected outcome of said wagering game; and an image conduit having a first end and a second end opposing said first end, said second end being adjacent to said symbol-bearing surface, said symbols appearing at said first end such that a player perceives said symbols to be located at said first end of said image conduit, said first end has first and second surfaces that are at different distances from said symbol-bearing surface, said symbols appearing to said player on said first surface, additional game indicia for said wagering game being located on said second surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, the method comprising:
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moving symbols on a non-emissive symbol-bearing surface through a display region, said symbols for indicating a randomly selected outcome of said wagering game; transmitting images of said moving symbols into an image conduit having a first end and a second end opposing said first end, said first end has a curved section, said images of said moving symbols being transmitted into said second end of said image conduit; and displaying said images of said moving symbols from said first end of said image conduit such that a player perceives said images of said moving symbols to be located at said first end of said image conduit, said image conduit is configured to magnify said images such that said symbols that are displayed at said first end are larger than said symbols at said second end. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A gaming system for conducting a wagering game, comprising:
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a non-emissive physical object having a symbol-bearing surface with symbols thereon, said symbols being associated with said wagering game; an image conduit located in front of said symbol-bearing surface of said non-emissive physical object and having a first end and a second end, said image conduit transmitting images of said symbols from said second end to said first end, said images of said symbols appearing at said first end such that a player perceives said symbols to be located at said first end of said image conduit; and a lighting device for producing light transmitted directly into a side surface of said image conduit to illuminate said physical object, said side surface being located between said first end and said second end. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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