Patent ID: 8992305
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for funding gaming using an automated kiosk located proximate to but separate from gaming machines, having user communication equipment and being in communication with a financial transaction merchant and, directly or indirectly, a commercial EFT network and a voucher accounting system that manages casino vouchers for a plurality of players, said automated kiosk comprising at least one processor, said method comprising the steps of: receiving, using said automated kiosk's at least one processor, input comprising information from a banking card belonging to a first player among the plurality of players, said banking card corresponding to at least one financial account associated with said first player; receiving, using said automated kiosk's at least one processor, input from said first player regarding an amount of funds to access from said at least one financial account; communicating, using said automated kiosk's at least one processor, with said EFT network regarding a request to access said amount of funds from said at least one financial account; when the automated kiosk's at least one processor receives approval from the EFT network for the amount of funds: and, when the automated kiosk's at least one processor receives a denial from the EFT network for the amount of funds: