ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,999, issued on April 21, was assigned to CFPH LLC (New York).

"Game of chance systems and methods" was invented by Howard W. Lutnick (New York), Lee Amaitis (Las Vegas), Dean P. Alderucci (Westport, Conn.) and Geoffrey M. Gelman (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, players may compete in a gaming context."

The patent was filed on Oct. 4, 2023, under Application No. 18/376,485.

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