Casino game with peripheral array of scatter symbols around a set back display screen depicting motor driven reels

A gaming device comprising:

• a first display comprising one of a first display screen for depicting motor driven reels or a physical set of motor driven reels, the first display depicting an M×N array of symbols, where M and N are greater than one, wherein an array size of the first display is fixed;
• one or more second displays, separate from the first display, for displaying a set of secondary reels that surrounds the first display on at least three sides of the first display, the first display being set back into the gaming device, relative to the one or more second displays, to create a depth effect for the first display;
• at least one computer programmed to carry out the following steps:
• spinning and randomly stopping the set of depicted motor driven reels or the physical motor driven reels in the first display to play a primary game;
• and
• spinning and randomly stopping the set of secondary reels, to randomly display peripheral symbols, to play a secondary game, wherein the peripheral symbols comprise scatter symbols that are not combined with any symbols on the set of depicted motor driven reels or the physical motor driven reels in the first display.