ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,731, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Gaming system and method for automatically transferring funds to a mobile device" was invented by Dwayne R. Nelson (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for facilitating an automatic transfer of funds to and from an electronic gaming machine via a mobile device."

The patent was filed on Jan. 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/092,762.

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