ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,734, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Electronic gaming machine and method with transformable grid pick selections and multi-state reveal mechanics" was invented by Scott Delekta (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming machine comprising a plurality of grid positions, and a game controller to at least: randomly populate a plurality of grid positions with one of a plurality of grid symbols, receive one or more selections of the plurality of grid positions, resulting a plurality of unselected grid positions, reveal a plurality of unrevealed symbols at each of the plurality of grid...