2006 - The Year of Implementation and Value Creation! Asian Gaming Exhibition

Good Things Happen When We All Pull Together

The Power of One Solution

2006 - The Year of Implementation and Value Creation! Asian Gaming Exhibition

Industry Commitment

Members continue to support GSA – to date: $8.2M in cash and $35M+ in additional resources

G2S – Game To System Solution Since starting the integration effort in Oct 2005 there were 80 meetings,

310 hours of teleconference, 5150 man hours, 31 industry experts, 1000+ pages

Australian Gaming Machine Manufacturers Association (AGMMA) recommended GSA’s G2S as the Protocol Standard for New South Wales, Australia

Developing an academic / educational track on GSA standards and technology

HTNG and GSA to form closer relationship - GSA to offer protocol solutions to HTNG’s Gaming SIG

Started issuing GSA Certificates

2006 - The Year of Implementation and Value Creation! Asian Gaming Exhibition

Historic Approach to Adding Functionality

Slot Floor System

Vouchers

Bonusing

Player Media Server

2006 - The Year of Implementation and Value Creation! Asian Gaming Exhibition

Challenges Of The Historic Model

New wiring infrastructure for each new feature

Lots of new gear needed between host and EGM

How many network ports does each EGM have?

Often new features don’t integrate with existing slot accounting system

Challenges with getting everything working together

Adding a new feature is like building a solution from scratch

2006 - The Year of Implementation and Value Creation! Asian Gaming Exhibition

G2S (Web Services) Approach

Slot Floor System

Vouchers Bonusing Media Server

Config Server Download Server

2006 - The Year of Implementation and Value Creation! Asian Gaming Exhibition

Advantages Of The G2S Model

To implement a new feature Plug in new server Configure a group of EGMsTry out the new featureGet rid of it if you hate it (try before buy)

G2S is designed so every functional group could be owned by a separate server

G2S Protocol already accommodates new featuresConfigurationA rich Accounting ModelAll Messaging required to implement the feature

2006 - The Year of Implementation and Value Creation! Asian Gaming Exhibition

Are You Ready For The Players Of Tomorrow?

Players have many entertainment options Understanding players is key in developing content

that works Developing games for generation X (born between

65 – 76) is a challenge Developing games for generation Y (born between

77 – 94) will be more puzzling New generation wants flashy graphics and

anytime / anywhere access

2006 - The Year of Implementation and Value Creation! Asian Gaming Exhibition

Are You Ready?

Speed and convenience of delivery is important Having what the customer demands available when

and where he want is a fundamental requirement Responding to rapidly changing player preferences

requires fast reaction and speed to market that will determine the success of the operators

Convergence is happening, competition is increasing

2006 - The Year of Implementation and Value Creation! Asian Gaming Exhibition