ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,867, issued on March 17, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Trading and selling earned bonus games" was invented by Dwayne Nelson (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming device includes an input device, a processor circuit and a memory including machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to per perform operations. Operations include receiving from a first player, a wager for a wagering game at an electronic gaming machine (EGM), receiving an indication that the first player of the EGM has won multiple bonus game plays, receiving, from the first player, an offer t...