Electronic gaming apparatus

Electronic gaming apparatus comprising:

• an external housing forming a chamber having an opening on the front side thereof;
• a closure panel pivotally affixed to said external housing and moveable between an open position and a closed position closing said opening, said panel having a plurality of apertures in the face thereof through which indicators may be viewed and switches may extend, the rear surface of said panel being formed of an insulative material and having a plurality of printed circuit conductors arrayed thereover in a predetermined pattern;
• a plurality of indicators, switches and electronic components affixed to the rear surface of said panel and electrically connected to various ones of said conductors;
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• at least one multi-image display module mounted to said rear surface of said panel and including rotational means carrying a plurality of gaming indicia and drive means for selectively rotating said rotational means so as to selectively position various ones of said indicia behind one of said apertures in said panel, said drive means being electrically connected to said electronic components by said conductors so as to receive driving energy therefrom, said rotational means including first and second reels and an elongated indicia carrying web having one end attached to said first reel and its other end attached to said second reel, and means coupling said drive means to both said reels so as to selectively wrap said web from one reel onto the other, said indicia being positioned upon said web at spaced intervals along the length thereof with the spaces between adjacent indicia increasing in the direction of the end attached to said second reel, the increased spacing serving to maintain the center of each indicia coincident with a particular radial of said first reel as said web is wound thereupon.