Gaming Standards Association wins top honors at Global Gaming Expo

GSA's revolutionary Game-to-System (G2S) protocol was named “Best Productivity-Enhancement Technology” by an independent panel of judges in the fourth annual Gaming & Technology Awards. The awards were presented by Global Gaming Business magazine and Spectrum Gaming Group and recognize excellence in innovation and practical application in all gaming disciplines.

GSA President Peter DeRaedt said, “On behalf of all our members and committee participants who made this a reality, I am thrilled that our association has received this prestigious industry award. It is a great honor for all of us. We have been working very hard over the past eight years to bring standards to the gaming industry, and all our committees have set and accomplished high-reaching goals over the past year. Now, to be recognized by the industry in this way is very gratifying.”

G2S is a standardized communication protocol enabling secure communications between gaming devices and systems. It integrates GSA's BOB and IGT's SuperSAS protocols. The new protocol features important elements that existed neither in BOB nor in SuperSAS.

It will allow the industry to migrate to downloadable games and other new technology, such as client/server games, Intranet and Internet environments, while still maintaining the games of today, well into the future. The protocol is now available for download at GSA's website, www.gamingstandards.com.