ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,154, issued on April 22, was assigned to IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS Corp. (Providence, R.I.).
"Secure predetermined game generation" was invented by Jeffrey Schertzer (Valrico, Fla.), Bruce Coffman (Mulberry, Fla.), Kenneth E. Irwin Jr. (Dawsonville, Ga.) and David Knechtges (Davenport, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for enabling secure automated production and redemption of predetermined games of chance with multiple play venues or dimensions, wherein such systems and methods can provide, for example, lottery games (e.g., instant tickets), charitable gaming (e.g., raffles, pull-tabs), casino environments (e.g., "Cl...