4ST05: Downloadable and Server-Based Games

1. The future of gaming is at our fingertips and protocols are the keys that unlock the functions and value of server-based innovations. Discover how GSA standards enable technology on the gaming floor of the future. This is a technical training session on the informational infrastructure of the modern gaming floor. 4ST05: Downloadable and Server-Based Games

2. System Supported Game • System Supported GameA gaming device that may function without interaction to a download host system. These are conventional style gaming machines with the added ability to download control programs and other software from the download host. • Examples • Download new game content • Operating system or platform program code • Game program code • Game graphics and sounds • Game paytables • Download updates for game peripherals • Bill Validator updates • Printer updates • Remote configuration • Change available denominations • Enable / Disable games from play • Game play speed

3. System Based Game • System Based GameAn integrated player terminal and host system, where the host system determines the outcomes of the individual games played on the at the player terminal. The player terminal may also be dependant upon the host system for graphic & audio content. • Examples • Thin client technology • Game outcome determined by the central server • Download of game, graphics, and sound content on the fly • Thick / Thin client technology • Game outcome determined by the central server • Game code, graphics, and sound downloaded and kept local to the gaming machine • Central Determination Games • Game outcome determined by the central server • New York Lottery • Class II Bingo • Washington Gaming

4. CoinAcceptor GDS CoinHopper Gaming Machine NoteAcceptor Printer TouchScreen Game & Peripherals GSA Protocols Enable Communication on Three Levels Server-based Gaming Server G2S S2S Slot Accounting Monitoring & Control System Game to Systems System to System

5. Panel Questions

6. GSA Open Standards are the foundation of the future casino network

7. Download and Configuration Overview

8. Download and Configuration Overview • OEM creates software • Submits to regulator and is tested and approved • Distributes code to central hub (may be optional due to regs or architechutre) • Properties download new code to local server via secure VPN (pay on demand, site license, corporate license) • Local server evaluates the parameters of when and where the code is to be distributed • Upon demand or on a schedule, the code is loaded to the EGD (usually in the background) • Application of the code is dependent on the state of the game once applied, a common configuration library or specific setting may be applied

9. GDS is Standardizing Peripheral Communications

10. Benefits of GDS • Standardized communications between gaming machines and its peripheral devices. • Can easily change between peripherals from different vendors. • Plug and Play USB communication. • Device commands can be sent from host systems through the gaming machine to the peripheral device allowing for centralized configuration of peripherals. • Allows for downloading of updated firmware to the peripheral devices.

11. Gaming Device Standard (GDS) GDS Specifications: • Bar Coded Ticket v1.0 • Page Description Language (PDL) v1.0 • Coin Acceptor v1.1 • Card Reader v1.0 • Coin Hopper v1.1 • Note Acceptor v1.1 • Printer v1.0 • Touch Screen v1.0

12. G2S Provides Extensible Communications to Gaming Machines

13. The Merging of Two Protocols • Ten months of Analysis and Design • Include the best features of BOB and SuperSAS • G2S > SuperSAS + BOB • Technical spec completed

14. Features in G2S • “Classic” functionality –Cabinet Control, Currency Handling devices, Handpays, Vouchers, WAT, Bonusing, Progressives • Event Subscriptions for any Host, any events + data* • Meters – for any host • Periodic subscriptions* • On Demand • Affected meters for specific events* • Extensible model* • Game Play control • Theme, Paytable, Denom level

15. Features in G2S (continued) • Player Tracking* • Printer – direct Host control* • Central Determination* • Distribution of “chances” from finite pools • Download* • SMP (System Management Point), SDDP (Software Download Distribution Point) • Packages, modules • Scripts for install, uninstall • Upload, download • “sync up” with other hosts • GAT

16. Features in G2S (continued) • Remote Configuration* • Standard features exposed for each application (voucher, bonusing, cabinet etc.) • flexible “language” to support added manufacturer features • “sync up” with other hosts

17. S2S Provides Host System Interoperability

18. SBG Server Integration to the Casino Floor • Must be an overlay to existing slot system • In many cases there will be two wires into the game cabinet • SAS can track some changes • Slot System must be notified of certain changes by the SBG system • G2S Protocol between EGM and System capable of more robust data capture than legacy protocols – upstream systems require access to this new dataset

19. SBG Server Integration Utilizing S2S… • S2S Features in a SBG Environment: • Support data exchange between Slot System and SBG System • Support data feed to analysis systems • Gather data from download servers so a unified library of all games are available from a central management point • Support for GAT (Game Authentication Terminal) – Allows a central point of validation for all SBG enabled games

20. Download Network

21. Network Security and Regulatory Requirements

22. Audience Q & A