ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,108, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Gaming system and method with bingo or keno game determined based on a sporting event" was invented by Dwayne R. Nelson (Las Vegas) and Jeffrey Knox (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gaming systems and methods which utilize the results of a sporting event to determine an outcome of a bingo game."

The patent was filed on Aug. 1, 2022, under Application No. 17/816,523.

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