ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,120, issued on March 31, was assigned to SLOTCO LLC (Onamia, Minn.).

"Slot machine data and recommendations" was invented by Robert Allen Sawyer (Brainerd, Minn.) and Joseph Peter Stefaniak (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes the steps of receiving, from a first casino, first casino slot machine data on a per-spin basis from at least one slot machine at the first casino, receiving, from a second casino, second casino slot machine data on a per-spin basis from at least one slot machine at the second casino, comparing the first and second casino slot machine data to at least one predetermined thresho...