Inside Asian Gaming

MAY 2015 inside asian gaming 79 G2E ASIA 2015 The IT and Internet security assessments are especially popular, given the need for companies to ensure they are able to withstand an ever-expanding variety of threats. “We started to do it about three years ago on a smaller, on-demand scale, but the demand for it has surged by tenfold. Everybody’s asking for it,” says Ian Hughes, the company’s vice president of Global Services. He adds that the IT security audits are “probably 60% of what we do now.” In addition, GLI has developed a portfolio of exclusive tools that make it a lot easier for gaming suppliers to access international markets. First there’s the patented GLI Link, which was created with a keen eye on the Asian marketplace. It allows device testing against systems from any of GLI’s global locations, saving time and money and speeding time to market. Before GLI Link, suppliers had to physically ship devices for testing. Now they simply bring them to their local GLI lab. Then when testing and certification are complete, suppliers can take advantage of the exclusive Point.Click.Transfer service to move previously certified products into jurisdictions around the world with the click of a mouse. Branching Out In addition to providing the gaming industry’s leading testing and certification services, GLI prides itself on being so much more W hen Gaming Laboratories International was founded in 1989, the testing of gaming equipment primarily revolved around the mechanical reel slot machine. Today, the task has become exponentially more difficult with the advent of increasingly sophisticated video slots, lottery products, server-based and other technologically- advanced gaming systems, online and mobile game platforms and ancillary gaming products ranging from ticket printers to bill acceptors for a growing number of local, state and federal regulatory authorities. GLI has proven more than able to meet the industry’s rapidly evolving demands, in the process becoming the world’s leading gaming testing lab and technical consultancy. It also continues to be a pioneer and innovator in the field. Moving beyond testing and certification, GLI has started to offer what it describes as “a wide range of information security services to gaming and non-gaming companies, from audits and training to the application of new processes and ultimately certifications.” IT and Internet security assessments have become a major business segment for GLI. GLiCloud is another time-saver that provides a whole new level of access by which regulators can track an entire gaming floor’s software and hardware and the compliance status of all components. It’s cloud-based, as the name says, designed to allow users to tap into GLI’s global database in real time so that their information is always up to date and accurate. It provides oversight and reporting of activities and tasks, and it’s entirely automated to eliminate human error. Significantly, it also links to GLI Mobile, the downloadable app that allows regulators and suppliers alike to access GLI’s database on the go, facilitating 24/7 access to the lab in a secure, password-protected environment. GLI’s clients can avail themselves of the scale and flexibility of the company’s worldwide reach. GLI guides 65 standards for technical competence in the gaming, wagering and lottery industries and maintains 20 laboratories in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe and North America and South America. It provides services in more than 455 jurisdictions. GLI is well positioned in Asia, with full service labs in Macau, and in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney in Australia. GLI Asia in Macau was the first full gaming testing laboratory in the market and the first in Asia to be certified for ISO/ISE 170025:2005. Leading the team at G2E Asia will be GLI Asia General Manager Amanda Chan. A long-term resident of Macau, Ms Chan has extensive gaming and regional experience and will be on hand at the show to address the specific needs of suppliers, operators and regulators. Visit GLI at Stand #239 GLI’s clients can avail themselves of the scale and flexibility of the company’s worldwide reach. GLI Link was created with a keen eye on the Asian marketplace. It allows device testing against systems from any of GLI’s global locations, saving time and money and speeding time to market.