ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,112, issued on July 8, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Tipping in gaming establishment retail purchases" was invented by Jeffery Shepherd (Reno, Nev.) and Kevin Higgins (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods that operate to enable tipping with gaming establishment retail and entertainment purchases made in association with a gaming establishment fund management system."
The patent was filed on March 10, 2022, under Application No. 17/691,766.
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