Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Industry Recognition  Jan 5, 2007: First place for Game-to-System (G2S) protocol  Gaming & Technology Awards of 2006  Named “Best Productivity-Enhancement Technology”  Jan 22, 2007: Silver award for G2S  International Gaming & Wagering Business (IGWB) magazine  “Top Three International Gaming Products” for Selected by a panel of independent international judges on the basis of “innovation, efficiency, ease of use, end-user value, adaptation/integration, long- term value and revenue potential.”

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Our Platinum Members

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Membership Growth

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable The Road to Open Standards  Technical Director hired - Marc McDermott  Industry Support for G2S  BOB / SuperSAS Integration (G2S) effort started Oct 2005  100+ meetings  8,000+ meeting hours  3 times a week  31 industry experts  Resulted into a pages standard  Total industry commitment to date: $35M+

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Technology  G2S – Game To System Standard  G2S v1.0 – Available NOW  Transport Standard  Multicast v1.0 – Available NOW  Point-to Point v1.0 – Pending membership vote  S2S - System to System Standard  S2S v1.2 – Available NOW  GDS - Gaming Device Standard  Note Acceptor, Touch Screen, Printer, Page Description Language, Magnetic Card Reader - Available NOW  Certification  Profiles development underway

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Implementation  G2S  Demonstrations of the standard by GSA members at G2E / ICE  S2S  Choctaw Casino Durant - Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma  Hard Rock Casino - Seminole Tribe of Florida  Toolkits  GSA encourages 3 rd party toolkit developers Digital Dynamics - SAS/S2S Connect Radical Blue - G2S Tools and Simulators  International Community  Australia: Recommendation to adopt GSA’s G2S as the protocol standard for New South Wales

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Standards Scorecard As of 01/06/2007

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable

Good Things Happen When We All Pull Together

Update on Standards Progress Steve Kastner RAC Chair - IGT

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Current EGM Communication

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Time for a New Protocol  Current protocols were designed and work well for EGM to SMIB communications  Expanding beyond current capabilities  Configuration  Code download  New features must work with your existing system It would be nice if all games and systems spoke the same language in this new world

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable The Merging of Two Protocols  Protocol v1.0 definition complete  Manufacturers are already demonstrating interoperability.  3rd Party Development tools available to assist  Certification program in development GSA develops BOB IGT develops SuperSAS Agree to merge protocols G2S is born… The best of both!

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable What Is G2S?  The gaming industry’s protocol for networked casino floors: Games to Servers  Based on current, proven technology standards: XML, SOAP, Web Services, etc.  Extensible for the future  Consists of three independent components:  G2S Message Standards (The contents of the messages)  Standards for Transport (XML over TCP/IP using SOAP)  Standards for Security (SSL - just like the Internet)

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Co-existence with Existing Slot Floor Configuration Authentication Download

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable What’s in G2S?  Communications and Security (including GAT)  Code Download and Remote Configuration  Cabinet control (door tilts, “Last Call” features)  Event Subscriptions – any Host, any events + data  Meters – More than you’ve seen - for any host  Once per day  Once per hour  On events you care about, you can get affected meters  Game Play control – available games & denoms  Currency Handling devices and Handpays  Vouchers and Cashless – all money types  Progressives  Bonusing  Player Tracking  Printer support  Central Determination Support

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Historic Approach to Adding Functionality Slot Floor System VouchersBonusing Player Media Server

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable G2S (Web Services) Approach

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Why is G2S a protocol for the future?  Easily extended  Event driven  Uses proven technology

G2S in the Casino Today

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Server Supported Gaming  First Step - remotely configuring EGMs with G2S  Using G2S, one configuration workstation can configure any manufacturer’s games  Basic G2S commands can change active games, denominations, enable or disable the EGM, etc.  Make changes from your desk or via a schedule (no more trips to every EGM)  Change one, several, or all G2S EGMs - resulting in a much more flexible slot floor  Software Download – Ability to transfer software from a content server in the Casino Server Room to an EGM on the floor

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Why Download?  Download new programs to the EGM.  Peripheral software update  Managed downloads

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Objectives For Software Download  Provide control of the software content on the floor from a central location  Know what is on the floor in all EGMs all the time  Agile floor configuration can rapidly adapt to changes in an operator’s business

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable A Word Or Two On GAT  GAT (Game Authentication Terminal) protocol is currently being used in several jurisdictions to validate game code (locally at EGM)  With the new protocols, regulators could use GAT remotely to validate game code stored in EGMs and on Code Servers A common tool and process to authenticate all programs.

S2S in the Casino Today

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable System to System (S2S) S2S

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Benefits of S2S  Standardizes communication between servers  S2S is developed with GDS and G2S, so communication with a note acceptor is available to a back-end server  Standard server protocols opens up new solutions  Supports “plug and play” for systems and peripheral devices  Standardization promotes portability, interoperability and reusability

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Plug and Play for Systems  Systems move from proprietary solutions to standard communications  Vendors spend less time maintaining protocols  Easier to test a single protocol  Operator doesn’t have to wait for their version to get modified  Easy to try a new peripheral (kiosk, currency counter, POS system)

Education & Certification Peter DeRaedt President GSA

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Education & Certification  Education  GSA provides grant of $1,100,000 to the UNLV Foundation  Two Assistant Professors positions in Informatics created Feb 1, 2007: first position filled  UNLV and GSA will develop academic / educational track on GSA standards and technology  Certification  Development of On-line Certification Program  GSA issues GSA SAS certificates  All committees are developing certification criteria  The Open Group chosen as Certification Authority

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Certification Program  Correct and consistent implementation of GSA’s standards  Formal process for the testing and certification of  Gaming Products  Testing Agencies  Test Suites  Products passing certification will be published in the Certification Register on GSA’s web site  Protocol certification streamlines the regulatory process  Reduces the quantity and variety of tests that must be performed

Finishing Up

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Regulatory Advisory Committee  RAC is a resource for the regulatory community:  Presentation of the protocols  Regulation review  Regulatory Requirements Review Process  Association review of proposed regulatory requirements relevant to GSA protocols  Online process with all members invited to participate  Launching Spring 2007  Submit to:

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Conclusion  EGMs will be able to talk to multiple servers  More accurate info from every game  Changes made in one place, distributed to all EGMs  Casinos can try new features easily  Much more efficient casino slot operations  Much better use of resources  Easier to understand

Feb 07, 2007GLI Regulators Roundtable Questions