GIGse 2014, San Francisco

Current Landscape with Online Gaming Standards

Every iGaming Platform and Remote Gaming System have their own communication API’s

Too many different Regulatory Requirements exist…..:

European Commission, as part of its action plan, is looking into the possibility and need for technical standards in online gaming;

There is no reference point in the industry that co-ordinates globally the communication between online gaming systems

ItalyFranceSpainDenmark

New JerseyNevadaUnited Kingdom

Current Situation Operators have to develop different procedures for

different systems which essentially do the same function.

The integration process is slow and costly, affecting time to market.

Systems are becoming intrinsically slow and require more complex enterprise messaging systems

System upgrades lead to different issues with different systems.

Issues with regulators due to misinformation or misinterpretation

Non standard reporting across jurisdictions, or data set/s

Benefits for Operators: Interoperability between systems of different

providers Improves overall system performance Reduces business costs (integration, support and

maintenance) Faster time-to-market for new products Reduces business risks A single cortication

process across jurisdictions Development focused on core products rather

than interfaces More innovation in core products

Benefits To regulators Helps realize policy objectives Ensures transparency and achieves an

objective regulatory policy Allows for information sharing between

jurisdictions Allows for enhanced monitoring in same

jurisdiction and across jurisdictions of: Irregular, suspicious betting - match fixing Collusion and Cheating Financial Fraud*

Simpler integration and centralization of monitoring functions

To enhance real-time compliance monitoring capabilities

Improves the quality, accuracy and reliability of information that is captured and processed by regulators

GSA Initiative In 2012 commissioned a report to find out whether

standardization was required and what sectors needed it. Policy Based Standards Technical Based Standards

In 2013 a survey was sent to the industry and regulatory bodies to help prioritize its deliverables.

It was concluded that the best fit for GSA was to start with a communication standard similar to the G2S/S2S suite developed for the land based EGMs.

In 2013 GSA met with key regulators to set up a special trusted environment for regulators to advise on the new Online Gaming Standard – process is ongoing and spread to Europe

GSA Initiative In 2013 GSA met with key regulators to set up a special trusted

environment for regulators to advise on the new Online Gaming Standard – process is ongoing and spread to Europe

In January 2014 the Online Gaming Committee was set up under the chairmanship of Playtech.

In February 2014 the OGC met in London for the first time with the participation of 12 operators and service providers from the industry.

The committee has an online platform to share the development of different aspects of the draft standard. It meets every four months for the face-to-face meetings

In June 14 the GSA set up a European office to extend coordination of the standard with European regulators.

Workgroups based on Architecture

Subsystems

Regulatory Advisory Committee

GSA needs Regulators to participate with the industry to ensure that all the regulatory requirements are included in the standard

RAC is an independent entity in a trusted environment that utilize GSA’s resources.

Moving Forward (To-do list) Lift the standard from draft to an official

release Develop a testing prototype To formalize the establishment of

Regulators Advisory Committee – Trusted Environment

Training Official Launch Set up the OGC Standard Workgroup after

the Launch.