ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,828, issued on April 15.
"System and method of conducting games of chance as a proxy or basis for another player" was invented by Sean Malek (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To bring the excitement to the people (majority, who are not experts in games), we present the examples, described here, for one person to be able to bet on and be part of the deal and excitement for a third party, as his agent, proxy, or shadow, to bet for him, or instead of him, or as if the first person was doing the game directly, or one betting for another, or one playing for another with the other person's money. That generates more excitement on th...