ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,764, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Everi Payments Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Dual player loyalty account access and cash kiosk and method of use" was invented by Adam Fong (Henderson, Nev.), Sam Attisha (Las Vegas), Michelle Percival (Clarkston, Mich.), Chris Micu (Las Vegas), Steve Nguyen (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Arun Jeyarajaguru (Madurai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual-function kiosk enables cash access, such as from a banking system, via a cash access module, and enables player loyalty functionality, such as generating a player loyalty account, issuing a player loyalty card, or presenting player loyalty promotions or awa...