ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,097, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Lottery games on an electronic gaming machine" was invented by Ali Saffari (Reno, Nev.), Thomas Mikulich (Las Vegas), Chris Gumiela (Las Vegas), Kirk Kover (Las Vegas) and William R. Wells (Carson City, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus are described which are used to provide enhanced functionality on gaming devices associated with the play of wager-based games. A secondary processor, separate from a game controller on the gaming device, can be used to provide the enhanced functionality. In one embodiment, the secondary processor can be used to control a...