US Patent Issued to IGT on Nov. 3 for "Wagering game entry using portion of monetary transaction at a casino device" (Canadian, Austrian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,540, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Wagering game entry using portion of monetary transaction at a casino device" was invented by David Small (Moncton, Canada), Bethany Plimmer (Lower Coverdale, Canada), Todd Grimm (Riverview, Canada), Carman Misener (Moncton, Canada), Anthony Baerlocher (Henderson, Nev.) and Michael Russ (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monetary transaction at a casino device associated with a first monetary amount is determined, and a user account associated with the monetary transaction is determined. A display device displays an offer to purchase a wagering game entry for a seco...