ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,453, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Everi Payments Inc. (Las Vegas).
"System and method for casino jackpot processing and marker payment" was invented by Adam Fong (Las Vegas), Justin Nelson (Las Vegas), Ryan May (Las Vegas) and Steve Nguyen (Santa Ana, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with a method and system for processing a casino jackpot won by a player, information regarding the player is utilized to interrogate one or more casino systems for the existence of any outstanding casino credit, such as outstanding markers, to the player. In the event of outstanding casino credit, all or a portion of the amount...