Divided table gaming machine

A method of operating a gaming machine, having display means arranged to display at least one indicium selected from a set of a plurality of possible indicia, the machine being provided with a plurality of numbers representing indicia displayable by the display means, each displayable indicium being represented by a uniquely corresponding respective number, the plurality of numbers being divided into a plurality of subset tables, at least one of the subset tables having a plurality of members, the method of operation comprising the steps of:

• selecting each indicium for display by randomly selecting one of the subset tables;
• randomly selecting one number from a selected subset table;
• and
• displaying the indicium corresponding to the selected number.

A gaming machine comprising:

• control means for controlling operation of the machine;
• display means including a plurality of display positions, for displaying combinations of indicia;
• and
• reward means for returning a reward to a player of the machine in response to certain predetermined indicia combinations being displayed on said display means at the end of the game, said display means including a plurality of reels mounting the indicia, random selection means for selecting the indicium to be displayed by at least one of the reels from a set of a plurality of possible indicia for the at least one reel, the random selection means including random number generation means for generating a random number from a set of numbers each member of which uniquely corresponds to one indicium of the set of possible indicia, wherein the set of numbers are divided between a plurality of subset tables, at least one of the subset tables containing a plurality of members, and selection means arranged for selecting between the subset tables, a subset table to be used for selecting the indicium to be displayed whereby a random generation means makes a selection from the selected table and the reel is responsive to the selective number to display the correspondingly indicium.