ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,997, issued on April 21, was assigned to FM Gaming LLC (Bellwood, Ill.).
"Casino security system and method for monitoring wagering games" was invented by Frank Mugnolo (Oak Brook, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a casino security system for monitoring wagering games. The method may include determining that a wager is positioned on a power play area of the wagering game; analyzing one or more images of the wager captured by a camera(s) to determine an initial value of the wager; determining a phase of the wagering game, and based on the determined phase of the wagering game, analyzing the one or more im...