ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,560, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"System and method for providing benefits based on skill" was invented by Eric Lancaster (Las Vegas), Erik Petersen (Reno, Nev.), Andrew Fisher (Las Vegas) and Larry Hollibaugh (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods which provide a player zero, one or more benefits based on zero, one or more skill-based inputs the player makes during one or more plays of one or more games of skill, wherein the benefits obtained are independent of any awards determined during such plays of such games of skill."
The patent was filed on Dec. 7, 2023, under Application No. ...