Moving from SAS to G2S & S2S November 17, 2008

1. Moving from SAS to G2S & S2S November 17, 2008

2. The Topics • SAS will not be enhanced after December 31, 2009 • Industry will migrate to G2S & S2S • How will we live in a dual protocol world • What is the migration strategy for an existing casino • What do you need to know when developing a new casino Moderator: Bruce Rowe – Bally Technologies Panel Members: Paul Tjoumakaris, Seminole Tribe of Florida Ethan Tower, GSA Walt Eisele, Bally Technologies David Nehra, MotorCity Casino

3. Mission Statement 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.

4. Platinum Members www.gamingstandards.com

5. Who Are We?

6. Who Are We? – New Members • Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (Canada) • AMX (US) • Euro Games Technology (Bulgaria) • F2 Systems (Korea) • Hydako (Japan) • Intel Corporation (US) • International Currency Technologies (Taiwan) • Manitoba Lotteries Corporation (Canada) • Nanoptix (Canada) • NCR Corporation (US) • New Wave Automation (US) • Oregon Lotteries (US) • SIQ (Slovenia) • Technical Systems Testing (Australia) www.gamingstandards.com

7. Historic Approach to Adding Functionality Vouchers Config Download Slot Floor System

8. G2S (Web Services) Approach

9. How Far Away Is The Dream From Being Realized? • Foundational technologies agreed upon • Vendors are implementing GSA Standards • Most operators are making or planning network infrastructure investments • Seminole Tribe and Pechanga are using GSA standards • MGM CityCenter requested vendors to support GSA Standards • Business technology evolution vs Consumer technology revolution • Networked gaming is a journey NOT a point in time

10. Standards

11. GSA Standards EGM Host Systems and other S2S devices VoucherManager Kiosks CoinAcceptor CoinHopper PlayerTracking Point ofSale GameControl NoteAcceptor SlotAccounting Coin/BillCounters Printer TouchScreen Progressive Property Mgmt GDS Gaming Device Standard G2S Game-to-System S2S System-to-System

12. Gaming Device Standard (GDS) Protocol CoinAcceptor GDS CoinHopper GameControl NoteAcceptor Printer TouchScreen EGM to Peripherals protocol

13. Benefits of GDS • Standardizes communications between EGM and its peripheral devices • Easily change between peripherals from different vendors • Plug and Play USB communication • Peripheral device provides detailed information to EGM • Coupled with G2S, peripheral device info is sent to the host systems • Device commands (and code) can be sent from host systems through the EGM to the peripheral device

14. Game To System (G2S) Protocol Vouchers G2S CoinAcceptor Player Tracking CoinHopper GameControl Slot Accounting NoteAcceptor Printer Progressives TouchScreen Wagering Accounts EGM Host Systems

15. What Is G2S? • The industry’s protocol for the networked casino floor environment • Communications between EGMs and back-end servers • Based on current, proven technology standards; XML, SOAP, Web Services, etc. • Expandable from low-speed (G2S messages between an EGM and SMIB over a serial link) to very high-speed communications (EGM to multiple back-end servers over Ethernet) • Consists of three independent components: • G2S Message Standards • G2S Transport Standards • G2S Configuration Standards

16. Here is How SAS Works Today [Looks like hex to me…]

17. Host Request <getMeters> <getPerfMeters meterName="coinIn" themeId = “sum” paytableId=”sum” denomId=“all” /> </getMeters> EGM Response <meterInfo metertype =“onDemand”> <perfMeter Metername="coinIn" denomid=”5” meterValue=“50015”/> <perfMeter Metername="coinIn" denomid=”25” meterValue=“1003525”/> <perfMeter Metername="coinIn" denomid=”100” meterValue=“2504100” /> </meterinfo> This is How G2S Works [A little easier to understand]

18. System to System (S2S) Protocol S2S Voucher Manager Kiosks CoinAcceptor S2S CoinHopper Player Tracking Point ofSale GameControl S2S NoteAcceptor Slot Accounting Coin/BillCounters Printer S2S TouchScreen Class IIServers Progressive S2S EGM Host Systems and other S2S devices

19. Benefits of S2S • Standardizes communication between servers and devices • With S2S, G2S, and GDS, note acceptor info is available to a back end server • Standard server protocols open up new solutions • Supports “plug and play” for systems and peripheral devices • Interfacing - all components speak the same language • Integrating - Custom solutions are developed for each new conversation • Standardization promotes portability, interoperability and reusability

20. How will we live in a dual protocol world? SAS will stop being enhanced on December 31,2009. • What does this mean to me as an operator? • What happens to what I already have? • Games • Infrastructure • Systems • Approvals • Employees

21. How will we live in a dual protocol world? So we will have an environment with two protocols for some time. • How long do we expect this to be? • How will systems and games work together in this environment? • Are there any examples of how this has worked in the past or where SAS, G2S and S2S exist today?

22. What is the migration strategy for an existing casino? • Understand your strategy • Determine what you want to do when • Determine what is necessary to accomplish it • Evaluate • Games state • SMIB state • Network state • Computer room readiness • Systems state • Employee readiness • Skill • Will

23. What do you need to knowwhen developing a new casino? • Is your network designed for the future? • Ethernet and Category 6 plus • Are the games SAS/G2S or both? • Do your games support GDS? • If not G2S are they upgradeable? • Does your system support • S2S • G2S • Ethernet • Does your SMIB support SAS & G2S? • Do the systems you want to connect support S2S?

24. What Can I do That I Couldn’t Do Before? • Dynamic Content • More than one system talking to your machine • Event driven not polling driven • Not bandwidth constrained if you have an Ethernet floor • Any system can understand/subscribe to a machine event and use it in a unique way • More meters with continuous access to the meter information ….Data you need when you want it • Dynamic revenue management • Recall logs can support combination/experience level analysis …. Inside the game experience

25. What Can I do That I Couldn't Do Before? • Supports foreign currency in the same machine by downloading exchange rate • Allows for the use of private currency • Enables remote management of hand pays to get customers back in action faster • Printer becomes network addressable for multiple uses • Printer templates can be downloaded at will • Machines can be linked to multiple progressive controllers • Progressive contribution meters for reconciling progressives • A game can be told when a tracking session should be created and accounted for

26. What Can I do That I Couldn't Do Before? • Manual authentication codes on tickets will allow for higher integrity in outage situations • Game Authentication can be done system wide • Interrogation • Verification • Auditing

27. www.gamingstandards.com

28. GSA Certification Program • Process for the testing and certification of products for the correct and consistent implementation of GSA’s standards • An ISO17025+ Accredited Test Lab attest that a product is conformant to a GSA standard • GSA Certification Authority issues a certificate for that product • A public record is added to the GSA certification registry • GSA Compliance testing is NOT Regulatory Approval

29. GSA Recognized Test Labs • Test Labs • Required to be ISO17025+GSA scope accredited • Demonstrate their competence • Ensures Quality • Accreditation Body • Belong to an International Organization • Issue 17025 Accreditation to Test Labs • Accreditations are Internationally recognized • Competence verified through conformance to ISO17011 • Employ Assessors (with GSA protocol knowledge) to evaluate Test Labs • Ready to test products for GSA Compliance • GSA Certification program went live on June 2nd

30. Educational Support • Hired Line Robichaud as Educational Director • GSA offers an Executive and in-depth technical training program on all our standards • Macau Polytechnic Institute / GSA Asia Office June 2,2008 • Education throughout Asia • GSA presence • History • GSA sponsored G2S Certified Engineer program with UNLV • 33 students enrolled at UNLV since July 2007 • 25 were certified for G2S • 17 were certified for Transport & Security • 6 countries, 20 companies

31. Operator Involvement • Become part of the community that is re-defining gaming • Join GSA’s Operator Advisory Committee • Casino Class: • This class is designed to provide a universal database interface to allow a multi-property, multi-jurisdictional operation to be able to communicate operation information in a standardized manner amongst sister properties and with a central management location. • Directly influence the products, its features and quality • Ask vendors about GSA protocol progress • Insist on GSA certified products • Become an intelligent consumer • Support our on-going initiatives • Standards development, Education, Certification

32. Thank You!