Gaming systems and methods for tracking and limiting sports wagers for identified and un-identified players

A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

• creating, via a processor, an electronic player sports wagering profile for a player of an electronic gaming machine that is remote from the gaming system;
• storing, via the processor and a memory device, the electronic player sports wagering profile for the player;
• receiving, via the processor, data for each sports related wager made by the player via the electronic gaming machine;
• storing, via the processor and the memory device, the received data in the electronic player sports wagering profile;
• determining, via the processor and the memory device, using the electronic player sports wagering profile and banned player data, both of whether the player has reached a sports related wager limit for a designated time period and whether the player is a banned player based on the banned player data;
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• responsive to determining that either or both the player has reached the sports related wager limit for the designated time period and the player is a banned player, initiating, via the processor, a sports wager limit resolution process, wherein the sports wager limit resolution process comprises the processor causing a message to be sent to the electronic gaming machine that causes the electronic gaming machine to not accept a sport related wager from the player.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that are executable by a processor of a gaming system to:

• create, via the processor, an electronic player sports wagering profile for a player of an electronic gaming machine that is remote from the gaming system;
• store, via the processor and a memory device, the electronic player sports wagering profile for the player;
• receive, via the processor, data for each sports related wager made by the player via the electronic gaming machine;
• store, via the processor and the memory device, the received data in the electronic player sports wagering profile;
• determine, via the processor and the memory device, using the electronic player sports wagering profile and banned player data, both of whether the player has reached a sports related wager limit for a designated time period and whether the player is a banned player based on the banned player data;
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• responsive to determining that either or both the player has reached the sports related wager limit for the designated time period and the player is a banned player, initiate, via the processor, a sports wager limit resolution process, wherein the sports wager limit resolution process comprises the processor causing a message to be sent to the electronic gaming machine that causes the electronic gaming machine to not accept a sport related wager from the player.