Sony Publishes Patent For Bitcoin-Enabled eSports Gambling Platform
A recently published patent filing from Sony Interactive Entertainment describes a platform for betting on esports contests using bitcoin.According to a report from Market Research Telecast, Japanese video game giant Sony Interactive Entertainment has recently published a patent filed in 2019 for an esports betting platform that would accept bitcoin wagers.“Wagers may be pecuniary, e.g., money or bitcoin, or may be non-pecuniary, e.g. game assets, digital rights, and virtual currency,” per the patent.“The patent itself suggests a system in which viewers of live-streamed esports events,....
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Sony Interactive Entertainment has published a patent that has been released this month that could potentially pave the way for PlayStation users to bet on competitive esports events with bitcoin. Let’s take a look at the patent and what it all means. Sony’s Patent The firm’s patent is titled “E-sports Betting Platform”. While the patent […]
Sony, the electronics giant, has revealed a patent that would introduce bitcoin wagering in its consumer electronic products and consoles, like the Playstation system. Spectators of a game could wager about what will happen next in an e-sports competition, and odds would be calculated by a machine algorithm depending on rankings or previous match history. This could be tied to some movements Sony made earlier this year. Sony Files Patent for Bitcoin Wagering on Playstation Sony, the consumer electronics company, has revealed it filed a patent for gambling or wagering in e-sports....
A gambling tech giant received the green light from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to start offering cryptocurrency payment options to their users. The company is known for manufacturing slot gambling machines. Gamblers Could Also Transfer Crypto From Their Wallets to the Casino’s Ones Per records from the USPTO, International Game Technology (IGT) received the patent that allows gamblers to pay their pets via bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), and bitcoin cash (BCH). As described in the patent’s filings, IGT’s system will consist of the following: A system that....
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