US Patent Issued to IGT on Sept. 2 for "Gaming system and method for offering social media activity in association with wagering" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,551, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Gaming system and method for offering social media activity in association with wagering" was invented by Dwayne R. Nelson (Las Vegas), Vincent S. Lai (Las Vegas) and Jennifer Hatok (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gaming systems and methods that provides zero, one or more social media benefits to a player in addition to any awards provided to that player in association with a play of a game."

The patent was filed on Sept. 27, 2021, under Application No. 17/486,447.

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