ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,953, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to PRIMERO GAMES LLC (Norcross, Ga.).

"Automatically iterating hand counts in electronic gaming environments" was invented by Michael M. Macke (Duluth, Ga.), Barry W. Rutherford (Duluth, Ga.) and Mark C. Nizdil (Duluth, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods for using computing devices combined with memory to facilitate enhancements to video games. The computing device can receive a selection of a game feature via a user interface. The computing device can iteratively decrease a current credits value on the wagering game based on a bet amount for a wagering gam...