ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,751, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"System and method for redeeming ticket vouchers" was invented by Jeffery Shepherd (Reno, Nev.) and Kevin Higgins (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method that provide non-cash avenues to redeem a ticket voucher associated with an amount of funds."

The patent was filed on Jan. 4, 2023, under Application No. 18/093,244.

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