Single sign-on for wager gaming players over a wide-area network

A method of executing a wager game on a gaming machine at a casino, the method comprising:

• causing at least one processor to receive an enterprise player identifier from a player of the gaming machine, the gaming machine including at least one display device supported by a housing and a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including:
• (i) an acceptor of a first physical item associated with a first monetary value, (ii) a validator configured to identify the first physical item, and (iii) a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of a payout associated with a credit balance, the enterprise player identifier is a casino-specific identifier assigned by the casino to the player;
• causing the at least one processor to transmit the enterprise player identifier to an external game provider identification system where the enterprise player identifier is resolved to a federated player identifier, wherein the federated player identifier is associated with a plurality of different enterprise player identifiers assigned to the player from different casinos;
• causing the at least one processor to receive the federated player identifier;
• causing the at least one processor to query an external database using the federated player identifier to obtain game status information on the gaming machine;
• and
• causing the at least one processor to record game play data to the external database, said recording is performed using the federated player identifier.