ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,677, issued on Sept. 16.

"Systems and methods for offering a plurality of electronic table games of chance on an electronic gaming machine including side bets to increase hold" was invented by David Colvin (Las Vegas), William Chong (Las Vegas), Keith Matthew Kruczynski (Henderson, Nev.), Joel Jason Searles (Las Vegas) and Randall Paul Tallon (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for operating a plurality of games of chance. The gaming system includes a primary game display area and a secondary game display area. The plurality of games includes at least a plurality of electronic table games including two or m...