ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,929, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine" was invented by Dwayne R. Nelson (Las Vegas), Steven G. LeMay (Reno, Nev.), James A. Vasquez (Carson City, Nev.) and Scott T. Gowin (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers, is described. The gaming system can include electronic gaming machines that are compatible to receive both virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that are redeemable for credits on the el...