ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,744, issued on March 18, was assigned to CFPH LLC (New York).

"Submission of pre-authorized tax-related documents relating to game payouts" was invented by Lee M. Amaitis (Las Vegas) and Howard W. Lutnick (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for submitting a tax submission on behalf of a player of a game. Based on the location of the gaming device, determine at least one jurisdiction that governs the player's taxable winnings. The player fills out an electronic tax form for each jurisdiction and submits an electronic authorization. Transmitting, in response to the tax liability, ...