US Patent Issued to PRIMERO GAMES on July 14 for "Limited payout systems and methods" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,722, issued on July 14, was assigned to PRIMERO GAMES LLC (Norcross, Ga.).

"Limited payout systems and methods" was invented by Michael M. Macke (Duluth, Ga.), Mark C. Nizdil (Duluth, Ga.) and Barry W. Rutherford (Duluth, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The gaming device can generate outcomes for wagering games. For each wagering game, the gaming device can increment the hand count for the wagering game. The gaming device can receive a request to cash out the wagering game. The gaming device can determine that the current credit value falls below a minimum threshold for performing the cash out. The gaming device can identify game ...