ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,632, issued on March 18, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Tile selection and award determination sequence" was invented by David Twomey (Berkhamsted, Great Britain) and Raymond Latham (Farnworth, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gaming systems that provide a tile selection and award determination sequence for a gaming environment."

The patent was filed on Oct. 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/493,387.

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