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DraftKings is requesting that a panel of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) nullify a patent that trading house Cantor Fitzgerald says the gaming company copied for its benefit.

U.S. Patent No. 12,406,284, which lists Commerce Secretary and former Cantor CEO Howard Lutnick as its primary inventor, covers geolocation technology commonly used in sports betting.

Geolocation services, which are typically purchased through third-party vendors, are used by sportsbook operators to ensure that their clients are placing wagers from jurisdictions in which sports wagering is legal.

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A lot of bigger questions remain without the CLARITY Act. The bill aimed to establish a federal framework for digital commodities and delineate the roles of the SEC and the CFTC. 

Its failure also leaves unresolved disputes over prediction markets and state and tribal gaming authorities, outside a comprehensive congressional framework. Those issues took on new significance during Senate floor debate over the bill, as concerns about federal commodities oversight extended to markets typically regulated at the state or tribal level. 

The latest filing is an early step in filling some of that regulatory gap for the CFTC. The agency can issue regulations under its current statutory authority, but those regulations would not necessarily be as permanent as legislation passed by Congress. 

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Nolimit City’s version keeps that model recognizable. As in the original game, winning symbols disappear from the grid and trigger cascading reactions. The distinguishing choice is the ceiling the studio has set for those cells.

Every winning position receives a multiplier, beginning at x2 and doubling whenever additional wins occur in the same location. Multipliers can increase to a maximum value of x16,384. Doubling the per-position cap versus the original is the sequel’s core numerical change; it is what allows the higher headline max win.

The maximum win probability has been listed at roughly one occurrence in 88 million spins