ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,326, issued on May 27, was assigned to Aries Technology LLC (Las Vegas).
"Rewards system using skill/amusement game play device to award prizes" was invented by Ronnie W. Harris (Las Vegas), Kent Reisdorph (Las Vegas), Janae Hoover (Las Vegas) and Rochelle Terman (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A "dual" gaming unit or machine is configured to implement both one or more traditional casino-style wagering games, such as games having outcomes determined primarily by chance and not skill, and one or more games which are traditionally not casino style games, such as amusement-type games or games having amusement-type game compone...