ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,949, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Pilot Gaming Systems Inc. (Reno, Nev.).

"Standard animated roll-up for electronic pull-tab gaming" was invented by Jon Weaver (Birmingham, Mich.) and Anthony M. Morelli (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pull-tab gaming system and method is described. The pull-tab gaming system includes a wagering system and a plurality of gaming devices. The wagering system generates an electronic pull-tab deck that includes winning electronic pull-tab tickets having a non-zero prize value. A game play instruction is received by a gaming device, which causes the gaming device to generate an e...