Weekly IP Buzz for the Week Ending April 30, 2021

In this week's post, we see that IoT has found its way into another field, specifically online gaming and traditional casinos.

You Wanna Bet? IoT Finds Its Way Into Online Gambling and Traditional Casinos

With each new day, the Internet of Things and IoT-capable smart devices have found themselves being used in a new field. This time, the use of IoT technology has expanded to the field of online gambling and traditional casinos. 

For those that are unfamiliar with IoT, IoT refers to the “Internet of Things.” IoT describes a network of both virtual and physical things. IoT-enabled devices are generally referred to as “smart” devices, which means that they can receive and upload data to the cloud at all times. IoT-enabled devices may vary in how “smart” they are, but these devices generally all share the same objective of either supporting a common ecosystem (such as a smart house) or sending information about a particular user. As such, IoT-enabled devices have the potential to collect and share a veritable goldmine of data and analytics on any particular user.

And now the gambling sector has found itself increasingly availing itself of IoT-enabled devices’ uses. For example, the implementation of IoT devices and capabilities have allowed casinos to reach a bigger audience and provide more of its services around the clock. 

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In addition to publishing Thriving Attorney, Darin M. Klemchuk is founder of Klemchuk LLP, a litigation, intellectual property, and transactional law firm located in Dallas, Texas. Click to read more about Darin Klemchuk's practice as an intellectual property lawyer. For more on the latest developments in IP law, see the blogs Ideate and IP Questions Answered.