Responsible gaming transfers of funds between an electronic gaming machine and a financial institution account utilizing a cashless payment terminal

A device comprising:

• a first communication interface;
• a second communication interface;
• a card reader;
• an input device;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor in association with an attempted funding transaction of a credit balance of an electronic gaming machine operating independent of the device, cause the processor to:
• capture, via the card reader, data associated with a financial institution account from a financial institution card,
• receive, via the input device, an input of an amount of funds to be transferred from the financial institution account,
• responsive to the attempted funding transaction not complying with an imposed responsible gaming limitation, terminate the attempted funding transaction, and
• responsive to the attempted funding transaction complying with the imposed responsible gaming limitation and following a communication, via the first communication interface and to a payment gateway in communication with a computing device of a financial institution that maintains the financial institution account, of data associated with at least the financial institution account and the amount of funds to be transferred from the financial institution account, and responsive to a receipt, via the first communication interface and from the payment gateway, of data associated with a financial institution confirmation of an availability of the amount of funds in the financial institution account, serially communicate, via the second communication interface and in accordance with a slot accounting system protocol, at least part of the data associated with the amount of funds to a master gaming controller of the electronic gaming machine which, based on the amount of funds and independent of any amounts of funds modifying any balances of any gaming establishment accounts, increases the credit balance of the electronic gaming machine.

A method of operating a device in association with an attempted funding transaction of a credit balance of an electronic gaming machine, the method comprising:

• capturing, by a processor and in association with a payment instrument associated with a financial institution account maintained by a financial institution, data associated with the financial institution account,
• capturing, by the processor and in association with an input device, data associated with an amount of funds,
• responsive to the attempted funding transaction not complying with an imposed responsible gaming limitation, terminating, by the processor, the attempted funding transaction, and
• responsive to the attempted funding transaction complying with the imposed responsible gaming limitation and following a receipt of data associated with a financial institution confirmation of an availability of the amount of funds in the financial institution account, communicating, via a communication interface and to a master gaming controller of the electronic gaming machine operating independent of the device, at least part of the data associated with the amount of funds which results in the master gaming controller of the electronic gaming machine increasing, independent of any amounts of funds modifying any balances of any gaming establishment accounts, the credit balance of the electronic gaming machine based on the amount of funds, wherein the increase of the credit balance of the electronic gaming machine occurs independent of any physical currency received by the electronic gaming machine and independent of any cashless ticket vouchers received by the electronic gaming machine.