ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,856, issued on May 20, was assigned to Altiwood LLC (Hermosa Beach, Calif.).

"Systems and methods to monitor potential money laundering activity through regulating gaming machines" was invented by Brian Isaac Altizer (Las Vegas) and Christopher John Woodward (Hermosa Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods to monitor potential money laundering activity through regulating gaming machines are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain, from electronic storage, parameter values for (i) consideration input parameters, (ii) play parameters, and (iii) consideration extraction parameters for a first play sessi...