ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,944, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Arcadia Gaming Solutions Ltd. (RaAnana, Israel).

"Chip dispenser for real money game" was invented by Avey Gabrielli (Tel Mond, Israel), Itai Frieberger (Batzra, Israel) and Shaul Wilenski (Tel-Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chip dispensing system for gaming comprises a plurality of chip dispensing units. Each chip dispensing unit comprises a magazine for storing chips. Each chip is assigned a monetary value. Each chip dispensing unit further comprises a ramp extending from the magazine, and an arm for propelling each dispensed chip toward a chip playing field. Processing circuit...