ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,339, issued on May 6, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. (North Ryde, Australia).
"System and method for cashless gaming" was invented by Ryan Paul Hawkins (Henderson, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cashless gaming method including receiving payment for a selected gaming ticket having a predefined fixed value, the gaming ticket being redeemable at a cashless-enabled gaming machine for an associated amount of wagerable credits, and issuing the fixed value gaming ticket to the player responsive to receiving the payment."
The patent was filed on July 18, 2022, under Application No. 17/867,549.
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