US Patent Issued to LAS VEGAS SANDS on Aug. 11 for "Playing card security device" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,916, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. (Las Vegas).

"Playing card security device" was invented by Andrew Costello (Las Vegas), Steven Campbell (Las Vegas) and Ryan Yee (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card security device including: a front end; a back end; a lid two lateral sides; an inner space defined by the front end, the back end, the two lateral sides, and the lid; and a card shoe connector at the front end configured to connect to a card shoe wherein the card shoe connector includes an outer portion, an inner portion, and a security seal on the inner portion."

The patent was filed on Oct. 6,...