Annual Meeting November 14, 2007
Platinum Members
Agenda Welcome Anti-trust Reminder GSA Orientation Financial Report Achievements Keynote Education Closing Remarks
Who Are We? GSA is a non-profit organization established in May 1998 GSA is affiliated with: –UNLV –Australian Gaming Machine Manufacturers Association –Macau Polytechnic Institute GSA is an international organization of gaming manufacturers, suppliers, operators, vendors –Currently a total of 72 members GSA is funded through corporate membership dues
Vision and Mission Statement Vision –To be the leading standards forum that creates value by facilitating innovation and efficiencies for the gaming community Mission –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. Value –We will operate with integrity, fairness and transparency –We believe that open standards benefit our industry because they provide speed to market, innovation, value and extended useful life
Global Membership
Membership Composition
Membership Growth
2007 Board Of Directors ChairLyle BellSeminole Tribe of Florida Vice ChairRandy HedrickIGT SecretaryDon KarrerPenn National Gaming TreasurerBob SobczykAmeristar Casinos Jim MorrowAristocrat Technologies Ken BossinghamAtronic Americas Bruce RoweBally Technologies Derrik Khoo Sin HuatE-Genting Holdings Tim StanleyHarrah’s Entertainment Steve SutherlandKonami Gaming Jon BerkleyLas Vegas Gaming Tom PeckMGM Mirage Brendan O’ConnorMultimedia Games Tom GalantyProgressive Gaming Rob SiemaskoWMS Gaming John HilbertFuture Logic Bob McKenzieMEI
Standards
Financial Report
Financials 2007 Budget vs Audited 2007 (budget) 2006 (audited) Revenues$2,056,220$2,147,836 Expenses$2,304,075$2,051,112 Net($ 247,855)$ 96,742 Retained Earnings$ 172,252$ 420,107 Source data: 2007 September financials
Financials 2007 Projected vs. Budgeted 2007 (projected) 2007 (budgeted) Variance Revenues $2,146,878 $2,056,220 4% Expenses ($2,044,816) ($2,304,075) -11% Net $ 102,062 ($ 247,855)141% Retained Earnings $ 522,169 $ 172, % Liability($ 538,000) ($ 538,000) Equity + Liability($ 15,831) ($ 365,748) 95% Source data: 2007 September financials
Expenditure Breakdown 2007 Source data: 2007 September financials
Key 2008 Goals S2S Standard Update –Hire an S2S Technical Director Ensure a Single Toolkit for G2S Standard –Provide a subsidized toolkit to regulators Drive international adoption of standards –Partner with MPI: knowledge transfer, adoption of standards –Australia, South Africa – adoption of standards Continue to support key GSA programs –Certification –Education (UNLV) Support goals through a necessary increase in member dues by 7% –Silver membership increase: $ 1,400 –Gold membership increase: $ 2,100 –Platinum membership increase: $ 5,250
Financials Three Years Forecast 2007 (projected) Revenues $2,146,878 $2,118,000$2,118,000$2,118,000 Expenses($2,044,816)($2,429,672) ($2,303,377) ($2,187,615) Net $ 102,062($ 311,672) ($ 185,377) ($ 69,615) Retained Earnings Previous Year $ 420,107 $ 522,169$ 210,497 $ 25,119 Equity $ 522,169 $ 210,497 $ 25,119($ 44,496) Liability ($ 538,000)($ 179,000) Liabilities+ Equity($ 15,831) $ 31,497 $ 25,119 ($ 44,496) Source data: 2007 September financials
Financials Three Years Forecast With Dues Increase 2007 (projected) Revenues $2,146,878 $2,262,550$2,262,550$2,262,550 Expenses($2,044,816)($2,429,672) ($2,303,377) ($2,187,615) Net $ 102,062($ 167,122) ($ 40,827) $ 74,935 Retailed Earnings Previous Year $ 420,107 $ 522,169$ 355,047 $ 314,219 Equity $ 522,169 $ 355,047 $ 314,219 $ 389,154 Liability ($ 538,000)($ 179,000) Liabilities+ Equity ($ 15,831) $ 176,047$ 314,219 $ 389,154 Source data: 2007 September financials
Financials 2008 Budget vs Projected 2008 (budget) 2007 (projected) Variance Revenues $2,262,550 $2,146,878 5% Expenses($2,429,672)($2,044,813) 19% Net($ 167,122) $ 102,065 Retailed Earnings Previous Year$ 522,169 $ 420,107 Equity$ 355,047 $ 522,169 Liability($ 179,000)($ 538,000) -67% Liabilities + Equity $ 176,047 ($ 15,831)1212% Source data: 2007 September financials
Expenditure Breakdown 2008 Source data: 2007 September financials
Industry Recognition Jan 05, 2007 – Global Gaming Business –G2S: Top honors as Best Productivity- Enhancement Technology Jan 22, IGWB –G2S: one of the top 3 gaming products of the year Apr 25, 2007 – Casino Enterprise Management –G2S: Slot Floor Technology Award May 3, UNLV –The UNLV foundation honors Gaming Standards Association with membership in The Benefactor Society of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. May 24, 2007 – Casino Journal –G2S: Silver award in top 20 most innovative gaming products of the year 2006
2007 Achievements
Developed a Sunset strategy for SAS Demonstrated GSA Standards Interoperability at G2E Developed UNLV GSA Certified Engineer Program Established liaisons with regulator communities – US, South Africa, Australia, Europe Continued to improve standards to support business needs - organized operator forums and established Operators Advisory Committee Established board subcommittees (certification, marketing) Continuing development of a world-class certification process –GSA has enhanced its certification program to be International by adopting an ISO requirement for recognized Testing Laboratories International committee meetings Europe / Asia
2007 Achievements - Technical GDS Standard –The GDS Connector Standard was approved –All the GDS peripheral device standards have been revised and are in the final stages of Membership approval Administrative changes Changes due to errors discovered during implementation Transport Standard –The Point to Point Transport protocol was approved by the membership –The Transport Committee released new versions of G2S and S2S WSDLs allowing developers more flexibility in data compression options
2007 Achievements - Technical S2S Standard –S2S version was approved by the membership documentation improvements and enhanced reliability –S2S version 1.3 was developed and released for Member Comments and is the final stages of Membership approval. Includes enhanced functionality for existing classes Includes 4 additional classes: Bonus, Progressive, Pass Through and Authorization G2S Standard –G2S Version was approved by the committee Provides numerous corrections based on early development Provides the “development base” for current applications –G2S version 1.1 is being completed and will be sent to sent for Member Comment in December Adds the Device Configuration class Provides numerous infrastructure improvements such as namespace negotiation and enhanced error handling
Industry Update
Keynote Jay Walker Walker Digital LLC
Certified Engineer Program Dr. Hal Berghel Associate Dean Howard Hughes College of Engineering Director School of Informatics
Certified G2S Engineers Mark Arnold Jelani Brandon Alan Chisholm Randy Graham Ron Gogan Jeff Greulich Georgi Kolarov June Light Chris Mitchell John Padgett Bernard Paquet George Pee Moises Prat Paul Ruas David Smiley
Program Schedule 2008 Jan 14Overview of the G2S ProtocolGSA 010 GSA 110 Jan Basic Game Play with G2SGSA 111 Jan 28 – Feb 01Advanced Topics in G2SGSA 112 Feb 12An Executive Briefing on GSA ProtocolsGSA 001 Feb 13An Executive Overview of G2SGSA 010 Feb 26An Executive Overview of S2SGSA 020 Mar 04An Executive Overview of Transport and SecurityGSA 030 GSA 130 Mar Advanced Transport and Security ProtocolGSA 131 Mar 10Overview of the G2S ProtocolGSA 010 GSA 110 Mar Basic Game Play with G2SGSA 111 Mar Advanced Topics in G2SGSA 112