ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,389, issued on March 4, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Ticketing systems on a distributed ledger" was invented by Nimish Purohit (Las Vegas), Eric Taylor (Carson City, Nev.) and Scott Dickerson (Henderson, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blockchain system for providing ticketing within a blockchain network of participating electronic devices includes an electronic gaming machine (EGM) configured to participate in the blockchain network. The EGM a memory storing a local blockchain and a system blockchain. The EGM also includes at least one processor configured to execute instructions which, when execu...