SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF STORED VALUE ACCOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH GAMING ENVIRONMENTS

摘要

A transaction facilitation system is disclosed that is configured to affect substantially real-time crediting and debiting of gaming accounts maintained within a gaming environment and structured to communicate by a private restricted communication link with a host to effect real-time crediting and debiting of a stored value account. Financial transactions using the stored value account can be and used customer relationship purposes.

主权项

1. A computer-based method of transferring funds between a stored value account and a gaming account, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more computing devices, a player identifier of a player, wherein the player identifier is associated with a gaming account having a balance maintained by a casino computing system; identifying, by any of the one or more computing devices, a stored value account based at least partially on the player identifier, wherein a balance of the stored value account is maintained by a host computing system; instructing, by any of the one or more computing devices, the host computing system to decrease the balance of the stored value account; and instructing, by any of the one or more computing devices, the casino computing system to increase the balance of the gaming account.