US Patent Issued to IGT on Oct. 20 for "Bonus game for a wagering game with a perceived persistence game feature" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,469, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Bonus game for a wagering game with a perceived persistence game feature" was invented by Romana Wagner (Leibnitz, Austria) and Klaus Hufnagl-Abraham (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of game results of a base wagering game are determined, each game result comprising a plurality of symbols. Based on the plurality of symbols of a game result of the plurality of game results containing a first bonus symbol, a first bonus feature corresponding to the first bonus symbol is enabled. In response to a bonus game initiation trigger, a bonus game is initiated. A...