US Patent Issued to AGS on June 17 for "Gaming system with pre-calibrated sensor for detecting chip and finger placement" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,893, issued on June 17, was assigned to AGS LLC (Las Vegas).

"Gaming system with pre-calibrated sensor for detecting chip and finger placement" was invented by Rachel Wolf Kroupp (Las Vegas), Ezra Christopher MacKenna (Las Vegas) and John Victor Zambito (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gaming tables that support wager-based gaming are provided with input receiving devices that are structured to intuitively message to players what kind of wagers are permitted at which betting positions and when and then to automatically detect timely placement of such wagers at corresponding betting positions. This allows for faster unfolding...