GSA Technology Direction

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GSA Technology Direction

• Racing Gaming Summit, Dec 9, 2003, Tucson, AZ

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Our Mission

• The Gaming Standards Association (GSA) is an
  international trade association representing
  gaming manufacturers, suppliers, operators and
  regulators.
• We identify, define, develop and promote open
  standards for the benefit of the entire industry.

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Our Platinum Members
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Our Gold Members
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Our Silver Members
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Our Advisory Affiliate Members
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Some Facts

• Non-Profit Organization - Incorporated in 1997
• Started with 7 members grown to 59 member
  companies
• Global Participation
• US 54
• EU 22
• AUS 11
• JP 7
• CAN 6
• Membership Mix
• Manufacturers 43
• OEMs 22
• Operators - 17
• Advisory 9
• Affiliate 9

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Value Proposition

• OPERATORS
• Reduces operating costs gt Higher Profitability
• Increases your options gt Forward Migration
• Provides gateway for new and innovative products
  gt More Functionality
• Reduces Complexities
• MANUFACTURERS
• More Efficiently
• Reduces engineering time and costs
• Provides Access to a larger engineering pool
• Reduces time to market
• Reduces Complexity
• Increased Business Focus
• REGULATORS
• More Efficiently
• Reduces testing time
• Increases throughput
• Less Complexity
• Higher Security
• Provides for input into future products

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Our Current Focus

• GSA HAS 4 TECHNICAL COMMITTEES, WHOSE KEY GOAL IT
  IS TO CREATE INDUSTRY SUPPORTING AND TECHNOLOGY
  AGNOSTIC SOLUTIONS
• BEST OF BREED
• BOB - defines secure communication between gaming
  devices and gaming systems
• GAMING DEVICE STANDARDS
• GDS - defines the internal communication between
  the processing units of an electronic gaming
  device and its peripheral equipment
• SYSTEM TO SYSTEM
• S2S - defines standard casino systems interface
  specifications
• SAS
• In charge of the change management control of
  SAS in conjunction with IGT

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2003 Achievements

• Successful demonstration at G2E of the GSA
  standards in progress
• BOB (Best of Breed)
• GDS (Gaming Device Standards)
• Adoption of our new IP policy
• Establishment of a compliance program
• Offering GLI Interoperability Center to our
  membership
• Creating of SAS6.01 specification
• Development of the SAS6.01 toolkit
• Solid membership growth from 37 to 59 members
• Increased association management staffing exec
  dir, project manager and coordinator

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2004 Objectives

• Delivery of the SAS6.01 Toolkit
• Delivery of the GDS Standard and Toolkit
• Delivery of the S2S (System to System) Standard
• Patron Registration
• Player Ratings (Table Games, Slots, Bingo, Keno,
  Poker, Sports Book)
• Table Game Accounting (hourly estimates, open,
  closing, fills, credits, marker and chip purchase
  voucher support)
• Comps
• Extended S2S Protocol Soft Count and Ticket
  Redemption
• Introduction of the GSA web-services
• Compliance Program
• eStore
• Data Dictionary
• TC Project Management Tools
• Delivery of the BOB XML Message Schemas

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BOB

• Vision
• Electronic Gaming Devices will coexist in a true
  client/server environment where game integrity
  and security can be isolated and audited and
  services can be physically or logically isolated
• Standards that enable that vision
• Agreement to focus on using commonly acceptable
  computer industry standards such as XML, SSL,
  DNS, DHCP, LDAP, NTP, SNMP, TCP/IP, HTTP, SOAP,

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• For More Information Visit our Web Site at
• www.gamingstandards.com