A method and apparatus for a slot machine game with one or more reels and a rotator has stepper motors to randomly drive the stepper motors in accord with a programmed central processing unit. At least one of the stepper motors is relocated from the belly box to the top box to provide a drive for a rotator in the top box. The stepper motor in the top box is reoriented so that its shaft is normal to a front glass over the top box. A pointer can be placed on the end of the shaft to randomly rotate.