Gaming machine having gauges that displays spatial attributes of winning combinations

A gaming machine for slot-machine game play comprising:

• a kiosk for housing a computer assembly operatively connected with a primary display;
• an input device configured to receive input from a player to initiate a game play;
• the primary display having a right side and a left side, with a right gauge being output on the right side of the primary display and a left gauge being output on the left side of the primary display;
• an array of symbols presented on the display between the right gauge and the left gauge to enable slot-machine game play, the array of symbols representing a reel set includes a left column, a right column, and at least one additional column between the right column and left column, the array of symbols yields the possibility of a winning combination of symbols in an reel set spin based on a random number generator, wherein the right gauge on the right side functions to count a number of winning combinations of symbols that have a spatial origin on the right column of the array of symbols and is positioned on the right side of the display to visually tie its output to the right column of the array of symbols and wherein the left gauge on the left side functions to count a number of winning combinations of symbols that have a spatial origin on the left column of the array of symbols and is positioned on the left side of the display to visually tie its output to the left column of the array of symbols;
• when a winning combination of the symbols in the array of symbols is presented on the primary display,
• determining whether the winning combination of symbols includes the spatial origin on the left side of the array of symbols or the spatial origin on the right side of the array of symbols;
• and
• activating, based on the determining, one of the left gauge or the right gauge, wherein (i) the left gauge is activated if the winning combination of symbols includes spatial origin on the left side of the array of symbols, thereby visually indicating the spatial origin on the left side of the array of symbols for the winning combination of symbols;
• or (ii) the right gauge is activated if the winning combination of symbols includes spatial origin is on the right side of the array of symbols, thereby visually indicating the spatial origin on the right side of the array of symbols for the winning combination of symbols.