ANNUAL MEETING 2012

OPENING STATEMENTAdrian Marcu - Chairman

AGENDA

FINANCIAL REPORT

ACHIEVEMENTS

OPERATOR UPDATE

STANDARDS UPDATE

KEYNOTE

PLATINUM MEMBERS

MISSION STATEMENT

The Gaming Standards Association (GSA) is an international trade

association that creates benefits for gaming manufacturers, suppliers,

operators and regulators.

We facilitate the identification, definition, development, promotion and implementation of open

standards to enable innovation, education, and communication for the

benefit of the entire industry.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS2012

Adrian Marcu IGT ChairmanWalt Eisele Bally Technology

Vice – ChairRick Gilhuly Manitoba Lotteries

SecretaryMark Pace WMS Gaming Treasurer

Jeanne-Marie Wilkins Isle of Capri CasinosJeff Wyton Alberta Gaming and Liquor CommissionJim Morrow Spielo InternationalKeith Wood Aristocrat TechnologiesKlaus Peltsch Ontario Lottery and Gaming CorporationMelissa Price Caesar’s EntertainmentSteve Sutherland Konami GamingSyed Hussain Oregon State Lottery

FINANCIAL REPORTMark Pace - Treasurer

FINANCIALS2012 Budget vs. 2011 Audited

2012 (Budget) 2011 (Audited)

Variance

Revenues $ 1,686,200 $ 1,492,157 13%Expenses ($ 1,606,644) ($ 1,692,880) (5%)Net $ 77,556 ($ 200,723) 359%Equity/Cash $ 157,434 $ 77,878 200%

FINANCIALS2012 Projected (Jan-Aug) vs. Budget

2012 (Projected)

2012 (Budget) Variance

Revenues $ 1,738,028 $ 1,686,200 3%Expenses ($ 1,656,458) ($ 1,606,644) 3%Net $ 81,570 $ 79,556 3%Equity/Cash $ 159,448 $ 157,434 2%

2012 ACHIEVEMENTSPeter DeRaedt - President

ORGANIZATION Stabilize Our Standards Commissioned A Study On GSA’s Role In Online

Gaming Held a Seminar on Industry Collaboration Retained Highly Respected Consulting Company To

Facilitate The Strategic Planning Process Increased Global Standards Adoption

Canada (17,870 VLT’s in 2 provinces alone), Austria, Hungary – G2S/GDS

Organizational Overhaul all our policies Redesign of web site New alliance with iGaming publications

GSA Asia Finalizing MPI Gaming Knowledge Transfer MPI Offers BSc degree with specialization in Gaming

Technology Degree accredited by Institute of Engineering & Technology,

London

COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION Board Focus On GSA Certification Recognized the Creation of a Compliance Verification

Tool (CVT) After an in-depth evaluation the Board identified Radical Blue

Gaming, Reno, NV as the developer for the CVT tool Development plan was approved

CIC Committee Created Functional Specification CVT Tool Terms And Conditions

Tool To Be Purchased Directly From RadBlue Site License Costs:

Supporting Customers - $60K Customers (P/G/S) - $75K and $90K (B/Non-Members)

Annual Maintenance Fee: $15K/Year Deliverables

Core Classes Available: 9 Months Balance Of All Classes in G2S 1.1 and 2.1: +18 Months

MEMBERSHIP UPDATE

UPGRADESTo PlatinumAlberta Gaming and Liquor CommissionOntario Lottery

To GoldAtlantic LotteryOregon LotteryMultimediaWCLC

NEW MEMBERSArrow GamingCasino AustriaCasino TechnologyGauselmann FortunetFour Winds InteractiveInterseven GamingJCM GlobalMohegan SunNanoptixStation CasinosRandom ConsultingTipping Point Gaming

INDUSTRY AWARENESS

Malta Greece South Africa Canada Peru Philippines

OPERATORS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Kerry Wolfe – Chairman of Operators Advisory Committee

OAC ACHIEVEMENTS Enhanced Interactions between the OAC and the GSA

Technical Committees Technical Committee Chairs attending OAC face-to-face

meetings Providing updates to OAC for each Technical Committee Direct feedback from OAC to Technical Committees Benefit: direct communication between the users and the

developers The highlights of recent meetings have been a series

of presentations on actual deployments of GSA protocols AGLC’s G2S Implementation, Brian Macsymic, AGLC Connecting eGaming with Land-Based Lines of Business,

Cameron Adams, BCLC Lessons Learned from an Independent Testing Lab, Zack Hollis,

GLI Public Key Infrastructure Lessons Learned – An Operator’s

Perspective, Brian Macsymic, AGLC Player User Interface – An Operator’s Perspective, Brian

Macsymic, AGLC

OAC FUTURE PLANS Increased Operator involvement

Broaden participation in the OAC to include more GSA members!

Operator survey Continued feedback/lessons learned from

organizations implementing the protocols Update Player User Interface (PUI) business

requirements Review current PUI implementations Conduct workshops to update PUI business requirements

Determine methods to assist Operators with implementing the standards Provide useful information to operators on implementing GSA

standards E.g.. PKI infrastructures, etc.

Integration of Internet Gaming with Traditional Operations Monitor of the state of Internet/Mobile gaming and assess its

impact on GSA standards; make recommendations to the GSA Board.

STANDARDS UPDATEEthan Tower – Director Standards Development

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ACHIEVEMENTS

November 2011 – Serial GAT 4.0 released (0 TBs). Authentication of peripheral devices such as note acceptors

and printers. March 2012 – S2S 1.6 released (0 TBs).

Additional download and GAT support plus alignment of player tracking with G2S.

April 2012 – GDS 1.2 released (6 TBs). Clarifications and corrections to GDS 1.1 plus full multi-lingual

support and 2-D barcodes. April 2012 – G2S 2.1 released (19 TBs).

Clarifications and corrections to G2S 1.1 plus various manufacturer extensions and OAC-requested extensions. 

September 2012 – Transport 1.2 released (1 TB). Clarifications and corrections to Transport 1.1.

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE STATUS Serial GAT – Maintenance mode.

S2S – Further alignment with G2S; standardize download manifests; expand internet gaming support.

GDS – Upgrade developer’s toolkit.

G2S – Additional manufacturer extensions (16); address certification issues.

Transport – Alignment with newer versions of underlying standards (IPv6, TLS 1.2, etc.); address certification issues; evaluate survey results.

CIC – G2S compliance verification tool (CVT); interoperability testing program.

KEYNOTEVictor Duarte – President and COO of SPIELO INTERNATIONAL

RECOGNITION

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Committee

Chair Vice Chair

OAC Kerry Wolfe (Manitoba) Brian MacSymic (AGLC)CIC Paul Digrazia (WMS) Dennis Kleppen (IGT)S2S Kevin Higgins (IGT) Chris Jarrell (VGT)G2S Dan Milligan (VGT) Ram Reddy (Bally)GDS Abdul Ali (Aristocrat) Ben Lechlitner (VGT)XPT Dale Buchholz (WMS) Erik Peterson (IGT)

THANK YOU