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GSA Completes GDS Tool Kit

LAS VEGAS -– (PRESS RELEASE) -- The success of gaming standards is transforming the industry worldwide, and now the Gaming Standards Association (GSA) has reached another milestone achievement on the road to protocol standardization. GSA's new GDS Tool Kit has completed development and will soon be available to both GSA members and non-members.

Development costs of the tool kit were funded by 3M Touch Systems (MMM), Aristocrat Technologies Inc., Bally Gaming and Systems (AGI), CashCode Company Inc., GTECH Corporation (GTK), Konami Gaming Inc., JCM American Corporation, Money Controls, Transact Technologies (TACT), and Unidesa Gaming & Systems. GSA members Aristocrat Technologies, JCM American, Money Controls and Mars Electronics International served on the tool kit development committee.

Abdul Ali, Sr. Software Engineer for Aristocrat Leisure Ltd., and chair of GSA's GDS Committee said, "This is the next major step forward in achieving open standards for the gaming industry. The tool kit allows manufacturers to exercise commands and verify that devices conform to the GDS standard. This moves us further down the path of a plug-and-play world where we will choose peripherals based on features, rather than just on compatibility."

The tool kit was developed over a period of just seven months and tests slot machine peripheral devices, specifically bill acceptors, coin acceptors and hoppers. It was designed to be flexible enough where other types of peripheral devices can be added later. The tool kit tests the devices for compliance with GSA's Gaming Device Standard, or GDS, for all jurisdictions worldwide. GDS is a standardized communication protocol that links peripheral devices to a slot machine.

GSA President Peter DeRaedt said, "The delivery of the GDS tool kit is part of our commitment to the industry to support every GSA standard with the right development and test software. They facilitate rapid adoption and increase time to market. GSA's open standards offer the industry a smooth migration path."

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