ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,060, issued on Sept. 23.
"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: "A sports betting apparatus, including a first receiver which receives analytics information from a sport governing body, governmental entity, or gaming facility; a processor which is programmed to provide an electronic forum which allows at least two users to communicate with one another, and allows a user to report an instance of suspected game fixing, match fixing, or cheating; a distributed ledger and Blockchain technology system which stores the analytics information; and a transmitter...