US Patent Issued to Konami Gaming on Oct. 21 for "Gaming machine and methods for operating gaming machines to provide skill-based wagering games to players" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,982, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Konami Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Gaming machine and methods for operating gaming machines to provide skill-based wagering games to players" was invented by Scott Delekta (Las Vegas), Michael Kuhlmann (Las Vegas) and Satoshi Suda (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming machine for providing a skill-based wagering game to a player is described herein. The gaming machine includes a controller programmed to display the skill-based wagering game on a display device, receive a signal indicating a wager being received from the player, and initiate the skill-based wagering game. The controll...