ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,090, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Gaming system and method for providing awards based on accumulating symbols over a predefined quantity of games played" was invented by Andreas Zehetner (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing one or more awards based on the accumulation of symbols over a predefined quantity of plays of a game."

The patent was filed on Jan. 2, 2024, under Application No. 18/402,388.

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