System and method for settling funds transfers between different gaming establishment accounts maintained by different gaming establishments
A system and method that facilitates the transferring of funds between different financial institution accounts based on the transferring of funds between different gaming establishment accounts associated with different gaming establishments.
1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
enable a direct transfer of a first amount of funds from a first gaming establishment account to a second, different gaming establishment account, and
based on the direct transfer of the first amount of funds from the first gaming establishment account to the second, different gaming establishment account, communicate, to a computing component of a financial institution that maintains a first financial institution account associated with each of the first gaming establishment account and a first gaming establishment, data that results in an automatic transfer of a second amount of funds from the first financial institution account to a second, different financial institution account associated with each of the second, different gaming establishment account and a second gaming establishment.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first amount of funds is different from the second amount of funds.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first gaming establishment account and the first financial institution account are associated with a first user and the second, different gaming establishment account and the second, different financial institution account are associated with a second user.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the first user is different from the second user.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first gaming establishment is different from the second gaming establishment.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the automatic transfer of the second amount of funds from the first financial institution account to the second, different financial institution account occurs prior to the direct transfer of the first amount of funds from the first gaming establishment account to the second, different gaming establishment account.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the automatic transfer of the second amount of funds from the first financial institution account to the second, different financial institution account occurs after the direct transfer of the first amount of funds from the first gaming establishment account to the second, different gaming establishment account.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the automatic transfer of the second amount of funds from the first financial institution account to the second, different financial institution account occurs in association with a batch transfer of funds from the first financial institution account to the second, different financial institution account.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the automatic transfer of the second amount of funds from the first financial institution account to the second, different financial institution account occurs at a scheduled point in time.
10. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor responsive to a fund transfer reconciliation event, cause the processor to:
automatically cause a reconciliation of any net transfers of funds from a first gaming establishment account directly to a second, different gaming establishment account by communicating data that results in a transfer of funds from a first financial institution account separate from and associated with each of the first gaming establishment account and a first gaming establishment to a second, different financial institution account separate from and associated with each of the second gaming establishment account and a second gaming establishment, and
automatically cause a reconciliation of any net transfers of funds from the second, different gaming establishment account directly to the first gaming establishment account by communicating data that results in a transfer of funds from the second, different financial institution account to the first financial institution account.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the fund transfer reconciliation event occurs at a scheduled point in time.
12. A method of operating a system, the method comprising:
enable a direct transfer of a first amount of funds from a first gaming establishment account to a second, different gaming establishment account, and
based on the direct transfer of the first amount of funds from the first gaming establishment account to the second, different gaming establishment account, communicating, to a computing component of a financial institution that maintains a first financial institution account associated with each of the first gaming establishment account and a first gaming establishment, data that results in an automatic transfer of a second amount of funds from the first financial institution account to a second, different financial institution account associated with each of the second, different gaming establishment account and a second gaming establishment.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first amount of funds is different from the second amount of funds.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first gaming establishment account and the first financial institution account are associated with a first user and the second, different gaming establishment account and the second, different financial institution account are associated with a second user.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first user is different from the second user.
16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first gaming establishment is different from the second gaming establishment.
17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the automatic transfer of the second amount of funds from the first financial institution account to the second, different financial institution account occurs prior to the direct transfer of the first amount of funds from the first gaming establishment account to the second, different gaming establishment account.
18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the automatic transfer of the second amount of funds from the first financial institution account to the second, different financial institution account occurs after the direct transfer of the first amount of funds from the first gaming establishment account to the second, different gaming establishment account.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the automatic transfer of the second amount of funds from the first financial institution account to the second, different financial institution account occurs in association with a batch transfer of funds from the first financial institution account to the second, different financial institution account.
20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the automatic transfer of the second amount of funds from the first financial institution account to the second, different financial institution account occurs at a scheduled point in time.