ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,773, issued on June 30, was assigned to INTERBLOCK D.O.O. (Las Vegas).

"Multi-ball pockets for roulette" was invented by Urban Bergant (Kamnik, Slovenia), John Joseph Connelly (Las Vegas), Andrej Tomeljak (Preserje pri Radomljah, Slovenia), Ajda Remskar (Trzic, Slovenia), Mirko Klanjscek (Ljubjiana, Slovenia), Benjamin Zavbi (Kamnik, Slovenia) and Emil Kek (Kamnik, Slovenia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roulette mechanism having a base, a stationary rim mounted on the base having a central opening and a curved face around which roulette balls travel, a rotating roulette wheel configured to spin and positioned in the central openin...