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GSA: standards will be for members only
Association says those who support standards development should enjoy the R&D benefits
“The wonderful thing about standards,” a computing pioneer once quipped, “is that there are so many of them to choose from.” But not quite such a quantity, now, for many in the casino industry. The Gaming Standards Association (GSA) has decided to restrict access to its standards, protocol updates and the like to members and regulators, giving those who belong to the association what it describes as “a clear R&D and operations advantage over competitors, by having access to the most versatile and powerful protocols that drive the devices and systems of tomorrow”. Said President Peter DeRaedt: “The GSA has been lucky to have a
core group of members who have shouldered a significant amount of the development expenses while the rest of the world reaped the benefits of their investment. Now, GSA members have more control over their future, because they are directly invested.” The standards which will no longer be available to the world at large include the System to System (S2S), Game to System (G2S), Gaming Device (GDS) and transport documents. The only exception is GSA’s serial Game Authentication Terminal (GAT) standard, which will continue to be available for free to the industry. However, a low-cost route to obtaining the others is also being made available through a new bronze GSA membership level, costing only $10,000 annually.
A low-cost route to
obtaining the GSA standards is through the new bronze membership
Of course, the GSA’s aren’t the only standards out there. Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) has updated its GLI-11 technical standard, Gaming Devices in Casinos, to version 2.1 after calling on thousands of individuals for comment. They included regulators, suppliers, operators and trade associations; several hundred replied. “For GLI-11 to continue to be a true industry standard’it was essential that we closely consulted with regulators, suppliers and operators to ensure that the document represented the most highly developed standards and practices within our industry,” said GLI Director of Technical Compliance Patrick Moore. The dozen-years-old standard is already used by some regulators as a guideline, and GLI was anxious to stress that systems already in existence will not suddenly become non-compliant. “Instead,” said GLI, “this version is intended to supplement a number of requirements which may have been too prescriptive.”
Meanwhile, GLI has become the first independent testing laboratory authorised by the Polish government. It has opened an office in Krakow, although testing for Poland – which began in July – has been performed by GLI Austria as well as GLI Europe. “The gaming marketplace throughout Eastern Europe continues to evolve, which is one of the reasons we chose to hold our Regulators Roundtable in Budapest earlier this summer,” said Phillip Barow, Managing Director of GLI Europe. Let’s hope that becomes, well, standard practice.
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HANDHELD APPROVAL Cantor Gaming has gained regulators’ go-ahead to run race and sportsbooks at The Palazzo and The Venetian in Las Vegas, using its wireless handheld devices. Cantor is also to license game content from Shuffle Master, which in turn will use Cantor’s technology for calculating wagering odds.
IDENTITY CHECK Gaming software supplier NEWave and identity- management specialist Veridocs are integrating their products to offer easier authentication of ID documents. Meanwhile, NEWave also says it has now installed its myCompliance Title 31 software in more than 27 tribal casinos and will announced “dozens more” shortly. The package helps ensure compliance with financial reporting.
ENGLISH LICENCES The owners of the Opera House casino in the northern English town of Scarborough are going to the High Court with a dispute over the granting of a new casino licence there to Apollo Leisure. Meanwhile, Noble Organisation has secured the approval of authorities in Blackpool, England for a casino as part of its Coral Island amusement arcade. It will be Blackpool’s fourth, competing with Grosvenor, Genting and Paris venues.
PAPER PUSHER JCM Global says its new PayCheck 4 printer can produce 640,000 slot-style tickets before the printhead needs replacing – twice as many as its closest competitors.
SIP TAKEOVER Belgium’s DR Gaming Technology has acquired US firm Systems in Progress.
ILLINOIS MAGIC The Illinois Gaming Board has approved Incredible Technologies as a gaming manufacturer and distributor, allowing it to sell its 30-plus Magic Touch video slots and Poker games to operators when the state’s Video Gaming Act comes into effect.
BALLY UP Bally Technologies has reported annual revenue from gaming operations of $319m. The figure for fiscal 2011 is up 11 percent on the previous year.
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