ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,454, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Dynamic wheel" was invented by Joseph Masinter II (Las Vegas), Alfred Thomas (Ventura, Calif.) and Jehoshua Josue (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game involves selection between two opponents using a segmented wheel. Different jackpots and awards may be configured according to the odds of triggering the bonus game, selecting the opponents, selecting which of the opponents is the winner and which is the loser, selecting an order of the opponents (such as a home and visitor (or away) team), and so on. In various embodiments, one or more wheel...