ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,522, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Tournaments based on sporting event outcomes" was invented by Dwayne R. Nelson (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gaming systems and methods that utilize the results of one or more outcomes of one or more sporting events for a tournament. The gaming systems and methods display a video stream of a sporting event (such as a historical sporting event) for the tournament and determine the results of one or more plays of a tournament game at least in part based on such outcomes."
The patent was filed on May 6, 2024, under Application No. 18/655,765.
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