Insight
AGEM Highlights 2018/19
Marcus Prater, AGEM Executive Director
AGEM is a non-profit international technology trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers of electronic gaming devices, lotteries, systems, game content, table games, online technology, sports betting, key components and support products and services for the gaming industry.
AGEM reviews its annual gaming highlights and achievements
AGEM and the rest of the industry were caught off guard by Apple’s June announcement that new guideline changes for its App Store will impact iGaming and sports betting suppliers and operators by requiring apps and games to be developed in Apple’s native code by a Sept. 3 deadline or face removal from the App Store. AGEM took its case all the way to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple granted an unexpected extension until March 3, 2020 that will ease the timeframe pressure for both technology providers and regulators.
Te Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, AGEM, reviews the major success stories the trade body has enjoyed over the last 12 months in the industry
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GAMING SUPPLIERS CREATE POWERFUL ECONOMIC IMPACT AGEM released a comprehensive report in April showing the global gaming supplier industry generated a total economic impact of $55.8bn, supported more than 202,000 employees, including 61,700 direct employees, and supported a total of $14.1bn in wages and salaries during 2018. Te report titled “Impact Analysis: Global Gaming Supplier Industry” was the result of an independent study commissioned by AGEM and conducted by the respected Nevada-based research firm Applied Analysis. Te report reflects a recurring update and the most comprehensive review to date of the global gaming supplier industry that analyses the size and scope of this technology-driven sector, specifically identifying AGEM members’ global reach spanning every regulated gaming market in the world.
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AGEM, GAMING LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL (GLI) COMMITTED TO GIVING AGEM and GLI announced in June the creation of their new “Lasting Impact Philanthropic Initiative,” a multi-year effort aimed at identifying worthy causes that will utilise direct contributions to flourish over the long term and provide a variety of assistance to multiple beneficiaries. Te first gift from the newly formed Initiative was a $500,000 contribution to the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering building fund at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), which is developing a 51,000sq.ft, three-floor building on campus. Te Initiative’s $500,000 gift is a direct investment in
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the importance of education in Nevada, the city of Las Vegas, university students and faculty and the future pipeline of skilled engineers for gaming and many other industries. Te second gift so far in 2019 was $200,000 in September to the Dr. Robert Hunter International Problem Gambling Center in Las Vegas.
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AGEM LEGISLATIVE EFFORT BOOSTS WORKFORCE IN NEVADA AGEM initiated legislation that became Assembly Bill 221 in Nevada and was swept into law expanding the state’s technology and manufacturing workforce by giving those 18 to 20 years legal status as a “gaming employee” working for slot machine, systems, table game and component suppliers. Previously, Nevada statute prohibited any person under 21 from being employed as a “gaming employee” except as a member of a casino count room staff. Te passage of AB221 retains the count room exception for casino operations, and otherwise applies only to the technology supplier sector, which previously couldn’t even offer internships to those under 21.
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AGEM REPRESENTS TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS IN APPLE APP STORE EXTENSION AGEM and the rest of the industry were caught off guard by Apple’s June announcement that new guideline changes for its App Store will impact iGaming and sports betting suppliers and operators by requiring apps and games to be developed in Apple’s native code by a Sept. 3 deadline or face removal from the App Store. AGEM took its case all
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