Network Architecture for Gaming Industry Accounting

A system for identifying player accounts in a casino environment, the system comprising:

• a personal electronic device;
• and
• an electronic gaming machine comprising:
• a game machine processing unit;
• a peripheral controller in communication with the game machine processing unit;
• and
• a dedicated processing unit configured to:
• receive an identifier from the personal electronic device;
• and
• send an instruction to the peripheral controller to credit the game machine processing unit from an account associated with the identifier.

A method of recording transactions between a player and an electronic gaming machine in a casino environment, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a server communicably coupled to the electronic gaming machine, a request to record a first transaction between the player and the electronic gaming machine;
• grouping the first transaction with a second transaction;
• computing a first mutual hash of the first transaction and the second transaction;
• and
• computing a second mutual hash of the first mutual hash and a previously-calculated mutual hash of at least a third transaction and a fourth transaction.