ComTrade Gaming to monitor gaming machines in Austria

Based on the Gaming Act and the electronic gaming machine ordinance of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, the connection of electronic gaming machines and video lottery terminals to BRZ is being prepared and the operation of electronic gaming machines, up to 15,000 is to be monitored within the scope of the Austrian legal requirements.

G2S message protocol was chosen as an open industry communication standard, developed and maintained by the Gaming Standards Association (GSA). G2S also provides a high level of security and data authenticity including flexibility of the monitoring of gaming machines to operators and gaming regulators.

ComTrade Gaming will deliver a module to manage communication with electronic gaming machines and video lottery terminals via the G2S standard in project in stages with the initial launch taking place in January, and this will allow BRZ to start testing and trialling the new system. With the trial operation, operators will have an opportunity to verify the interoperability of their gaming machines with G2S Protocol Engine before the production operation in July 2013 begins.

The contract was signed for 5 years and is automatically extended after on yearly basis, subject to the agreement of the parties.