ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,661, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Combining sports wagering and television sports and related systems and methods" was invented by Dwayne Nelson (Las Vegas) and Kevin Higgins (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, computer-implemented method and gaming device are provided. A method includes receiving, by a synchronization server, broadcast event data that is displayed on an electronic display and that is generated by a television broadcasting system, receiving, by the synchronization server, sports wagering system data that is generated by a sports wagering system and that corresponds to a broadcas...