US Patent Issued to Aristocrat Technologies Australia on June 24 for "Controller device for variably controlling game features, elements and operations in electronic gaming machines and systems" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,651, issued on June 24, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. (North Ryde, Australia).

"Controller device for variably controlling game features, elements and operations in electronic gaming machines and systems" was invented by Shane Perrow (Kembla Heights, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic gaming device having a reel that spins synchronously with a movement of an input when the input leaves a home position. The reel spins asynchronously when the input arrives at a spin position from the home position."

The patent was filed on Feb. 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/112,677.

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