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GLI certified to test in Peru


Wrapping up an incredibly positive year, Gaming Laboratories International has announced two further milestones in becoming the first lab of its kind authorised to test systems for Peru and that GLI Australia has been integrated into GLI’s powerful global submission process.


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Gaming Laboratories Inter- national has long been recog- nised as the world leader among independent testing labs, and now the company has achieved another mile- stone becoming the first lab of its kind authorised to test systems for Peru. The “Quali- fied Entity” authorisation expands GLI’s activities in Peru, where it has been testing devices since 1997, and further proves GLI’s commitment to the gaming industry throughout Latin America.


The General Director of Casino Games and Slot Machines of MINCETUR, Ing. Manuel San Román, said:“We are very satisfied that Gaming Laboratories Inter- national had achieved the accreditation before MINCE- TUR as a Qualified Entity for the evaluation and certifica- tion of the Unified On Line Control System model - SUCTR. This accreditation was done within the chrono- gram projected, which gives us the certainty that as of October 2011, we will have all the gaming halls of Peru


interconnected to an effi- cient and modern manage- ment and control system. This way GLI becomes into the first Certification Entity to get accredited before MINCETUR, we hope this example will be followed by other certification laborato- ries in the following days. This important milestone is the beginning of the next step that corresponds to the certification and homologa- tion of the systems that will then be available on time for operators to choose the one that better suits their partic- ular needs.” GLI’s Latin American


development manager Karen Sierra said: “Once again, GLI has proven our commitment to the Latin American region, from both the regulatory and supplier points of view, by achieving certifications and comply- ing with regulatory require- ments to maintain and achieve our recognition and accreditations in every juris- diction where our services are needed.” GLI’s process to being cer- tified began when Peru’s Ministerio de Comercio Inte- rior y Turismo recently issued the “Complementary


Technical Regulation for the implementation of the On Line Unified Control System (SUCTR).” This regulation established technical requirements for systems to be authorised and registered by the Direccion General de Juegos de Casinos y Maquinas Tragamonedas (DGJCMT). GLI then requested the


authorisation as a Qualified Entity, and after a detailed and thorough process, the accred- itation was issued on Decem- ber 10, making GLI the first independent testing lab to achieve this recognition. Peru is a vibrant gaming


market with approximately 65,000 slot machines and more than 600 gaming halls authorised by the DGJCMT. Meanwhile, integrating


GLI Australia into GLI’s pow- erful global submission process sets in place a com- plete strategy with a new common database to help suppliers quickly enter the global marketplace. Addi- tionally, GLI has promoted three managers in its Aus- tralian labs.


Ian Hughes, GLI manag- ing director of the Asia/Pacific Region, said: “Integrating GLI Australia


into the company’s global submission process means that suppliers based in Aus- tralia now have the same seamless,


streamlined


process as suppliers who use GLI labs on other conti- nents. Our exclusive approach is different, because our exclusive tech- nologies - namely GLIAccess and GLI Link - work in concert to ease suppliers’ path to market. Additionally, our proprietary Point.Click.Transfer.SM tool will be active in Australia in March. These tools, com-


bined with our unparalleled experience in global markets, make GLI an unri- valed choice.”


GLI also announced three


key staff advances. In the company’s Adelaide lab, Samantha Powell has been promoted to manager of compliance and quality assurance,


and Daniel


McDougall has been pro- moted to group engineering manager. While based in Ade- laide, Powell’s and McDougall’s responsibilities extend to all three of GLI’s labs in Australia.


Next, Sydney lab-based


Alvin Foo has been pro- moted to business develop- ment manager. Foo will oversee development in all three of GLI’s Australian labs. GLI Australia managing


director Zelko Galic said: “We are thrilled to announce these promo- tions. They have proven themselves to be extremely valuable to GLI and, perhaps more importantly, to our clients. Each is a trusted expert, and the Australian gaming industry is better because of their work.”


Aristocrat and Bally sign technology agreement


agreedinprinciple ARISTOCRAT/BALLY


Aristocrat Technologies and Bally Technologies have entered into a technology co-operation agree- ment that relates to the ability of the system to manage the main game screen’s video and touch-screen communications. Under this agree- ment, both companies reinforce their commitment to delivering system-driven solutions that use Gaming Standards Association (GSA) and computing-industry pro- tocols to enable casino operators to create a picture-in-picture-style interface on the gaming device to differentiate their slot products, regardless of the manufacturer. “Aristocrat and Bally have very similar views of both the current


and future technology needs of our gaming system customers,” said Nick Khin, president of Aristocrat America. “Both our companies have decades of systems experi- ence, and feel it is imperative we co-operate on this important issue.”


Bruce Rowe, senior vice presi- dent of strategy and business development for Bally Technolo- gies, added: “Our companies have worked very well together on our download-and-configuration prod- ucts and in demonstrating the power of implementing the picture- in-picture-style interface with this approach. We will continue to co- operate on this and other initiatives that mutually benefit our cus- tomers.”


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at the centre of the two companies’ agreement is Aristocrat’s nCom- pass and Bally’s iVIEW Display Manager (DM). This type of technol- ogy has been approved by Gaming Laboratories International (GLI), is in the field today in multiple markets, and is backward compati- ble to work on older gaming machines as well as new gaming devices already being purchased. Aristocrat and Bally are confi- dent that their customers want this type of technology to be interoper- able, highly configurable, and available on an open network, easily enabling third-party applica- tions and ensuring that gaming operators have the freedom to create differentiated marketing and service experiences on the games they own.


New York’s Empire installs electronic roulette Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway has become the third casino in New York Metropolitan area to offer electronic roulette with the install of IGT’s M-P Series multi-player suite and the Vegas Star series from Shuffle Master provided by GTECH / Spielo. Additional video gaming table machines such as Baccarat and Craps will potentially follow in 2011. Empire president Timothy Rooney said: “Empire City presents the very best in gaming for our players, and the addition of Electronic Roulette adds an exciting new dimension to the experience. Our returning patrons and new players are sure to share the excitement.”


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