A GAMING MACHINE AND A METHOD OF GAMING

A gaming machine comprising: a cabinet; a game controller; a plurality of 5 mechanical reels mounted beside one another for rotatable movement relative to the cabinet, each mechanical reel carrying a plurality of symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions arranged around the outer periphery of the mechanical reel, the plurality of mechanical reels 10 arranged relative to the cabinet such that a selected subset of the symbol display positions of each mechanical reel are viewable by a player when the reels are stopped, the symbols of the subsets being for use in the evaluation of an outcome of the game; and at least one video display 15 disposed adjacent the mechanical reels, the game controller arranged to control the at least one video display to add to the symbols for use in the evaluation of the outcome of the game by displaying at least one additional symbol of the symbols of at least one reel as a 20 video symbol at a video symbol display position adjacent one of the viewable symbol display positions of the respective mechanical reel. 53279851 (GHMatters) P83365.AU.1 24/04/14 CD (L) 0 0 o0 00 0w a1) >1 C) N ' I 0 a) a) a )007 a)r (D E c C 0, CLo 0) C) 0 E 5 ) C