the additional symbol cannot be combined with the winning symbol combination to yield the second award the larger second award is provided if the additional symbol can be combined with the winning symbol combination to yield the second award application_number US 51395807 A description while this invention is susceptible of embodiment in many different forms there is shown in the drawings and will herein be described in detail various embodiments of the invention with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the principles of the invention and is not intended to limit the broad aspect of the invention to the embodiments illustrated referring to fig1 a mechanical reel gaming machine 10 similar to those used in gaming establishments such as casinos is shown the gaming machine 10 comprises a housing 12 and a number of input devices including a value input device 18 and a player input device 24 for outputs the gaming machine 10 comprises a primary display area 14 for displaying information about base wagering games and a secondary display area 16 for displaying game events game outcomes and or signage information the primary display area 14 and or secondary display area 16 may also display information about bonus wagering games and progressive wagering games in accordance with embodiments of the invention the primary display area 14 comprises a plurality of mechanical reels 54 and a transmissive display 56 superimposed over the mechanical reels 54 each of the foregoing components is described in more detail below while the exemplary embodiments described below refer to the mechanical reels 54 in other embodiments the mechanical reels 54 can be replaced with video reels 54 u2032 see fig3 thus alternatively the primary display area 14 can.