US Patent Issued to IGT on Oct. 14 for "Keno employing initially unmatched drawn spots via trigger spots" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,268, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Keno employing initially unmatched drawn spots via trigger spots" was invented by Lee Tanner (Irishtown, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gaming systems and methods that provide a play of a keno game employing initially unmatched drawn spots via trigger spots, wherein the play of the keno game includes, for each match of one of the drawn spot set and the trigger spot set, one or more different opportunities to obtain extra awards, extra drawn spots, and extra trigger spots."

The patent was filed on Oct. 19, 2022, under Application No. 18/047,728.

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