Annual Meeting April 15, 2003

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Annual MeetingApril 15, 2003

• Mandalay Bay Resort Casino - Las Vegas, NV

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Annual Meeting Agenda

• Welcome GSA Overview (300 - 315pm)
• Roll Call, Approval of Minutes (315 320pm)
• Treasurers Report and Review of 2003 Budget
  (320 330pm)
• 2002 Accomplishments (330 345pm)
• Keynote speaker Thomas Baker, IGT (345
  415pm)
• 2003 Objectives (415 - 425pm)
• Technical Update / Committee (425 500pm)
• Inter-Operability Program (500 515pm)
• Association Member Recognition (515 530pm)
• Questions and Answers

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Platinum Members
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Other Members

• Gold
• 3M Touch Systems, Atronic Americas, Cashcode
  Company, ELO TouchSystems, Foxwoods Resort
  Casino, JCM American, Konami Gaming, Mars
  Electronics, MIS Group, Money Controls, Ontario
  Lottery Gaming Corporation (OLGC), Shuffle
  Master Gaming
• Silver
• AstroSys International, Austrian Gaming
  Industries, Boyd Gaming, Coin Mechanisms, Ensico,
  Global Payment Technologies, Gold Club, Himecs
  Company, IDX Incorporated, Miami Tribe of
  Oklahoma Business Development Authority (MBDA),
  Mikohn Gaming, Park Place Entertainment,
  Scientific Games, Sierra Design Group, Sigma
  Game, Soanar, Spielo Gaming International,
  Station Casinos, TransAct Technologies, Unidesa
  Gaming, Universal Distributing of Nevada
• Affiliates
• Australian Gaming Machine Manufacturers
  Association (AGMMA), Casino Management
  Association (CMA), European Gaming Organisation
  (EGO), Friedberg Associates, University of
  Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)
• Advisory
• Gaming Consultants International

BOLD New Members since 2003
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Board Of Directors

• Chair Gregg Solomon Mandalay Resort Group
• Vice Chair Rich Schneider Acres Gaming
• Secretary Bruce Rowe Harrahs Entertainment
• Treasurer Fred Lychock Shuffle Master Gaming
• Julian Bucknall Aristocrat Technologies
• Joe Bailo Atronic Americas
• Mark Lipparelli Bally Gaming Systems
• Val Levitan CashCode Company
• Ali Saffari International Game Technology
• Les McMackin Isle of Capri
• Thomas Nugent JCM American
• Steve Sutherland Konami Gaming
• Rob Siemasko WMS Gaming

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Antitrust Reminder

• Brian Herrington, Howard Howard

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Antitrust Highlights

• Don't discuss with other members your own or your
  competitors' prices, or elements that might
  affect prices such as costs, discounts, terms of
  sale, or profit margins.
• Don't stay at a meeting where discussions
  concerning price are taking place.
• Don't make public announcements or statements
  about your own prices or those of competitors at
  Association functions.
• Don't discuss what individual companies plan to
  do in particular geographic or product markets or
  with particular customers.
• Don't disclose to others any competitively
  sensitive information.
• You Must conduct all GSA business meetings in
  accordance with Association rules. These rules
  require that an Association staff member be
  present, the agenda be followed and minutes be
  kept.
• You Must confer with counsel before bringing up
  any topic or making any statement with
  competitive ramifications.
• You Must send copies of all Association related
  documents and/or correspondence to the staff
  member involved in the activity.
• You Must alert the Association staff to any
  inaccuracies in proposed statements to be made by
  the Association on behalf of the gaming industry,
  particularly statements to government officials.

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Org Chart
CAT
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Roll Call and Approval 2002 Annual Meeting
Minutes

• Michelle Olesiejuk - Executive Director GSA

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Treasurers Report and 2003 Budget

• Fred Lychock - Treasurer GSA

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2002 Treasurers Report

• Revenues 487,924
• Expenses 478,313
• Retained Earnings 124,069
• GSA 2002 Finances independently audited byCote
  Company, APC - Certified Public Accountants

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2003 Budget

• Expected Revenues 682,700
• Expenditure 672,366
• Operations 503,380
• Marketing PR 81,055
• Technical 52,130
• Tradeshows / Meetings 35,801
• Net income 10,334

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2002 Accomplishments

• Gregg Solomon - Chairman GSA

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Accomplishments 2002

• Technology
• GSA SAS 6.00 Specification adopted and released
  in August
• GSA SAS 6.00 Toolkit and Test Scripts Contract
  awarded and under development
• System to System (S2S) Protocol drafted
• Reorganized committees, creating BOB, S2S and GDS
  Committees
• BOB Protocol Development Plan approved and
  Protocol under development
• Interoperability Center Agreement signed with
  Gaming Laboratories International, Inc.
• Operations
• Hired a President and a Vice President of
  Marketing
• Hired a new association management firm
• Increased fiscal reserve by 124,069
• Member Growth to 36
• New Members
• Gold Club
• IDX Incorporated
• Namitech
• Scientific Games
• TransAct Technologies

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The Future of Gaming and the Role of Standards

• G. Thomas Baker CEO and President IGT

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2003 Objectives

• Peter DeRaedt President GSA

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2003 Objectives

• Organization
• Grow membership base by 10
• Develop Interoperability Center and ensure full
  operation by YE2003
• Develop GSA Certification Program
• Set organizational structure in place to support
  the associations objectives
• Review and propose new IP policy
• Technology
• Obtain industry support and implementation for
  GSA SAS 6.00
• Obtain funding to complete GSA SAS Toolkit by
  G2E
• Increase industry awareness and support for BOB,
  GDS and S2S
• Ensure BOB core standard by YE2003
• Ensure GDS standard by YE2003 for Bill Acceptor,
  Coin Validator, Touch Screen
• Practical demonstration of GDS at G2E

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2003 Objectives - Update

• New Members
• 3M Touch Systems
• Australian Gaming Machine Manufacturers
  Association (AGMMA)
• ELO TouchSystems
• Foxwoods Resort Casino
• Gaming Consultants International
• Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Business Development
  Authority (MBDA)
• Ontario Lottery Gaming Corporation (OLGC)
• Soanar, Ltd.
• Universal Distributing of Nevada
• Organization
• ARO tools
• Web conferencing
• Gain industry support for new updated IP policy

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Membership Growth
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Toolkit Funding Program

• Sponsorship levels
• Level 1 25,000 and above
• Level 2 10,000 - 24,999
• Level 3 5,000 9,999
• Toolkit cost
• Sponsors Free
• Non-sponsor members 5,000
• Non-members 7,500
• Planned toolkits for 2003
• GSA SAS 6.00 start 02/01/2003 delivery 8/28/2003
• GDS start 05/01/2003 delivery 9/12/2003
• BOB start July/2003 delivery January 2004

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Technical Committee Updates

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System-to-System Committee

• Steve Kastner S2S Committee Chair

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S2S Committee

• Charter
• The S2S workgroup is charged with designing
  standard casino systems
• interface specifications, and assisting with
  their implementation, to reduce
• the engineering efforts required in developing,
  maintaining and enhancing
• customer specific casino configurations.

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S2S Committee

• Accomplishments
• November, 2002
• Inaugural Operator Advisory Committee meeting
  held
• February, 2003
• Publication of v1.0 of standard
• Ratings
• Player Profile
• 2003 Initiatives
• April
• Initial Standardized Header format defined
• Initial Error and Exception Messaging format
  defined
• May
• Initial Data Dictionary database created and
  published to website
• June

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XML Sample Message

• Proprietary
• ltSTXgtSRTG12345678000100000 000050000000020000lt
  ETXgt

• S2S
• ltSlotRatinggt
• ltPlayerIDgt12345678lt/PlayerIDgt
• ltMachinegt54321lt/Machinegt
• ltCoinIngt1000.00lt/CoinIngt
• ltCoinOutgt500.00lt/CoinOutgt
• ltJackpotsgt200.00lt/Jackpotsgt
• lt/SlotRatinggt

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Game Device Standard Committee

• John Boesen GDS Committee Chair

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GDS Committee

• Charter
• The GSA GDS Committee will define the internal
  communication between
• the processing units of an electronic gaming
  device and its peripheral
• equipment.

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GDS Committee

• 2002 Accomplishments
• April
• Concluded negotiations with Cypress Semiconductor
• USB development kits made freely available to GSA
  member companies
• July
• Released software frameworks for the Cypress USB
  development kits
• August
• Released beta device drivers for Microsoft
  Windows Operating Systems
• September
• Demonstrated several USB device prototypes
• November
• Defined Phase I and II deliverables
• December
• Partitioned GDS committee into device-focused
  workgroups

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GDS Committee

• 2003 Goals / Accomplishments
• February
• Established relationship between USB-IF and GSA
  GDS standards movement
• April
• Released Phase I draft specification
• May
• Deliver presentation to US regulatory bodies
  during Biloxi conference
• July
• Release Phase I beta test tools and cross
  platform device driver/API
• September
• Release Phase I final specification, test tools
  and driver/API
• September
• Demonstrate Phase I USB devices at G2E

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Best Of BreedCommittee

• Jim Morrow/John Chamberlain BOB Committee
  Co-Chairs

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BOB Committee

• Charter
• The BOB Committee is charged with identifying and
  defining a worldwide
• protocol for secure communication between gaming
  devices and gaming
• systems, as well as providing tools and
  documentation which assist with
• the implementation of the protocol.

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BOB Committee

• 2002 Accomplishments
• December
• Reorganized the committee
• Received renewed support and commitment from
  majority of member companies
• Defined Phase I commands
• Defined many of the Phase II commands
• 2003 Goals / Accomplishments
• March
• Created three workgroups that will ensure
  specification progress
• July
• Release Phase Ia specification
• September
• Demonstrate Phase Ia at G2E in gaming machines
  and systems
• December
• Release Phase Ib specifications

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GSA SAS Committee

• John Chamberlain SAS Committee Chair

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GSA SAS Committee

• 2002 Accomplishments
• July
• Released GSA SAS 6.00 specification
• September
• Released GSA SAS Operator Requirements
  Specification
• December to date
• Development of the Interoperability center
  process
• 2003 Goals
• May
• Release GSA SAS 6.01
• August
• Release GSA SAS 6.01 test tools, including
• Simulators
• Test Scripts

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Interoperability Testing Program Overview

• PJ Stegen Stegen Associates

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Interoperability Testing Program

• The primary purpose
• Impartial testing facility for integration
  testing of GSA standards
• GSA certification compliance
• GSA Interoperability Centers (IOC) will provide
• Self tests for GSA member and implementers
• Compliance tests by GSA licensed testing
  agencies, such as GLI
• Standards to be tested
• GSA SAS
• Best of Breed (BOB)
• Gaming Device Standards (GDS)
• System to System (S2S)
• Future GSA technology standards
• Three-phase rollout
• Phase I GSA will work with single
  interoperability testing agency to get a solid
  toolkit and test script product
• Phase II - GSA will open the field to other
  testing agencies
• Phase III GSA will periodically evaluate the
  performance of licensed testing agencies

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Benefits of Interoperability Center

• For GSA Members and the Gaming Industry
• GSA-certified compliant products will enhance the
  speed of the regulatory process
• Quick and efficient casino floor installations
• Reduced follow up service calls
• For Regulators
• Standardized protocols reduce the quantity and
  variety of required testing
• Reduced regulatory cycle through enhanced
  pre-testing during development
• Enables better forensic analysis to resolve
  disputes

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Association Members Recognition

• Gregg Solomon and Peter DeRaedt

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Five Year Membership Awards
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Additional Recognition

• Gregg Solomon and Peter DeRaedt

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Q A
Our Mission GSA is an international trade
association representing 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.

• Gregg Solomon and Peter DeRaedt

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Looking forward to meeting you all again at G2E