1. A gaming system comprising: a reel including a plurality of symbols associated with a wagering game; a reel driver; at least one motion parameter for controlling motion of the reel according to a spin profile, the motion parameter having values at different points in time along the spin profile such that the spin profile is approximated by a plurality of segments interconnecting the different points in time, each segment being associated with a pair of values of the motion parameter; and one or more controllers configured to perform an interpolation calculation interpolating the pair of motion parameter values of each segment and to control the reel driver to spin the reel based on the interpolation calculation, thereby controlling motion of the reel according to each segment of the spin profile.