ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,266, issued on Oct. 14.
"Sports betting apparatus and method" was invented by Raymond Anthony Joao (Yonkers, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, including a memory or database, a processor, a transmitter, and a receiver. The receiver receives information regarding a bet and information regarding a position or location of a user device at a time of transmission of the information regarding the bet. The apparatus determines if the user is authenticated or not authenticated based on information regarding the itinerary or schedule of the user. If authenticated, the apparatus processes information for determining whether the...