Transcript GSA 2007 Operator's Forum - Gaming Standards Association

Annual Meeting
November 14, 2007
Platinum Members
Agenda
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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
Asia
10%
Oceania
11%
Europe
14%
Americas
65%
Membership Composition
Affiliates 4
6%
Advisors 5
8%
Operators/Hotel 16
22%
OEM 7
11%
Manufacturers 39
54%
Membership Growth
80
76
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70
59
Platinum
Silver
40
38
30
35
37
Others
Total
22
20
10
72
Gold
50
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Members
60
72
Year
2007 Board Of Directors
Chair
Vice Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Lyle Bell
Randy Hedrick
Don Karrer
Bob Sobczyk
Jim Morrow
Ken Bossingham
Bruce Rowe
Derrik Khoo Sin Huat
Tim Stanley
Steve Sutherland
Jon Berkley
Tom Peck
Brendan O’Connor
Tom Galanty
Rob Siemasko
Seminole Tribe of Florida
IGT
Penn National Gaming
Ameristar Casinos
Aristocrat Technologies
Atronic Americas
Bally Technologies
E-Genting Holdings
Harrah’s Entertainment
Konami Gaming
Las Vegas Gaming
MGM Mirage
Multimedia Games
Progressive Gaming
WMS Gaming
John Hilbert
Bob McKenzie
Future Logic
MEI
Standards
Financial Report
Financials
2007 Budget vs. 2006 Audited
2007 (budget)
2006 (audited)
Revenues
Expenses
$2,056,220
$2,304,075
$2,147,836
$2,051,112
Net
($ 247,855)
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Retained Earnings
$ 172,252
$ 420,107
96,742
Source data: 2007 September financials
Financials
2007 Projected vs. Budgeted
2007 (projected)
2007 (budgeted)
Variance
Revenues
Expenses
$2,146,878
($2,044,816)
$2,056,220
($2,304,075)
4%
-11%
Net
$ 102,062
($ 247,855)
141%
Retained Earnings
$ 522,169
$ 172,252
203%
Liability
Equity + Liability
($ 538,000)
($ 15,831)
($ 538,000)
($ 365,748)
95%
Source data: 2007 September financials
Expenditure Breakdown 2007
Technical
Development
25%
Operational
46%
Grants
19%
Certification
0%
Tradeshow
& Meetings
3%
Marketing
7%
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)
2008
2009
2010
Revenues
Expenses
Net
$2,146,878
($2,044,816)
$ 102,062
$2,118,000
($2,429,672)
($ 311,672)
$2,118,000
($2,303,377)
($ 185,377)
$2,118,000
($2,187,615)
($ 69,615)
Retained Earnings
Previous Year
Equity
$ 420,107
$ 522,169
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$
522,169
210,497
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$
210,497
25,119
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($
25,119
44,496)
Liability
Liabilities+ Equity
($ 538,000)
($ 15,831)
($
$
179,000)
31,497
$
25,119
($
44,496)
Source data: 2007 September financials
Financials
Three Years Forecast
With Dues Increase
2007 (projected)
2008
2009
2010
Revenues
Expenses
Net
$2,146,878
($2,044,816)
$ 102,062
$2,262,550
($2,429,672)
($ 167,122)
$2,262,550
($2,303,377)
($ 40,827)
$2,262,550
($2,187,615)
$ 74,935
Retailed Earnings
Previous Year
Equity
$ 420,107
$ 522,169
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$
522,169
355,047
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$
355,047
314,219
$ 314,219
$ 389,154
Liability
Liabilities+ Equity
($ 538,000)
($ 15,831)
($
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179,000)
176,047
$
314,219
$ 389,154
Source data: 2007 September financials
Financials
2008 Budget vs. 2007 Projected
2008 (budget)
2007 (projected)
Revenues
Expenses
Net
$2,262,550
($2,429,672)
($ 167,122)
$2,146,878
($2,044,813)
$ 102,065
Retailed Earnings
Previous Year
Equity
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Liability
Liabilities + Equity
($ 179,000)
$ 176,047
522,169
355,047
Variance
5%
19%
420,107
522,169
($ 538,000)
($ 15,831)
-67%
1212%
Source data: 2007 September financials
Expenditure Breakdown 2008
Technical
Development
31%
(up from 25%)
Operational
43%
(down from 46%)
Grants
15%
(down from 19%)
Certification
3%
Tradeshow &
(up from 0%)
Meetings
2%
(down from 3%)
Marketing
6%
(down from 7%)
Source data: 2007 September financials
Industry Recognition
• Jan 05, 2007 – Global Gaming Business
– G2S: Top honors as Best Productivity- Enhancement Technology
• Jan 22, 2007 - 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, 2007 - 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
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 17025 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 1.2.6 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 1.0.3 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
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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 14
Overview of the G2S Protocol
GSA 010
GSA 110
Jan 15 - 18
Basic Game Play with G2S
GSA 111
Jan 28 – Feb 01 Advanced Topics in G2S
GSA 112
Feb 12
An Executive Briefing on GSA Protocols
GSA 001
Feb 13
An Executive Overview of G2S
GSA 010
Feb 26
An Executive Overview of S2S
GSA 020
Mar 04
An Executive Overview of Transport and Security
GSA 030
GSA 130
Mar 05 - 07
Advanced Transport and Security Protocol
GSA 131
Mar 10
Overview of the G2S Protocol
GSA 010
GSA 110
Mar 11 - 14
Basic Game Play with G2S
GSA 111
Mar 24 - 28
Advanced Topics in G2S
GSA 112