Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING | June 2009 56 GLI—20 years in business The month of June has a double significance for Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) this year. It marks the company’s 20th anniversary as well as an opportunity for GLI executives to meet regional gaming industry bosses at G2E Asia 2009 in Macau. For two decades GLI has been a world leader in independent testing for the gaming industry. It now has 13 testing laboratories spread across six of the world’s seven continents. If a casino ever opens in Antarctica, you can be sure GLI will have a presence there too. GLI is the only laboratory service of its kind to hold both U.S. and international accreditations for compliance with ISO 17025 and 17020 standards for technical competence in testing and inspection services. GLI Asia Interoperability and Testing Center Earlier this year, GLI opened the GLI Asia Interoperability and Testing Center, a 3,000 square foot facility located in the China Civil Plaza in Macau. The company says it is Asia’s first gaming testing lab. More than 55 regulators and other dignitaries from across the region—including suppliers, government officials and operators— joined in the celebration in February to mark the beginning of a new era for the gaming industry in the region. Staffed by locals GLI says it made a special effort to recruit local test engineers for its Macau lab, with the aim of integrating the business into the local economy. Those engineers provide services to many regional organisations, including those with Macau operations, further reinforcing GLI’s involvement in the community. Serving jurisdictions throughout Asia Since opening, the GLI Asia Interoperability and Testing Center has been busy serving several regional markets such as Mainland China’s lottery sector as well as emerging gaming and lotterymarkets in Japan, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. GLI Asia—more than an office GLI Asia is the company’s Asian base. From GLI Asia, the company serves multiple markets along the Pacific Rim at governmental and supplier level local as well as at casino and lottery operator level. GLI and Macao Polytechnic Institute—working together GLI Asia quickly acted to increase the number of qualified local engineers available to the regional gaming industry by signing an