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Please go to IGSA’s Memberships page and click on Download Details to get more information on membership privileges and dues. IGSA has membership levels for every organization at reasonable annual dues. Review the information and determine what level of membership works for your company and then, Join IGSA!

There are two types of committees in IGSA: technical and non-technical. A technical committee develops technical Standards in accordance with their specific charter. A non-technical committee identifies, studies, evaluates, discusses, and proposes specific business requirements, guidelines or templates or Best Practices to the Board of Directors for consideration of inclusion into existing or new Standards or Best Practices.

In order to participate in any IGSA committee, companies must become Members of IGSA, and then individual employees can join any committee subject, to any restrictions that some Membership Levels have. Additionally, the level of membership determines the level of access an individual may have to a committee. For more information, please contact IGSA.

The Board of Directors approves the creation of technical or non-technical committees as a result of a request from the Membership for a new Standard, set of Best Practices, or the solution to a problem. The request must include an overview of the proposed Standard or a reason for the creation of Best Practices, a draft charter, a development timeline, an agenda for the initial committee meeting, and written support from a minimum of three (3) Members. All requesting Members must commit to providing resources to participate in the new committee.

Members of a technical committee are required to ‘opt-in’ as a pre-requisite to participate in the technical committee as specified under IGSA’s Patent Policy. Technical committee membership carries with it specific responsibilities with regards to IGSA’s Patent Policy and licensing. Technical committee members are encouraged to know and understand their responsibilities under this policy.

With the exception of Director-level Members, any Member may call for the creation of a new Standard or set of Best Practices, providing they have written support of two ( 2 ) other members. Director-level Members may initiate the creation of a committee to create a new Standard or set of Best Practices without having to solicit the support of additional members. All requesting Members must commit to providing resources for the development of the standard. Members seeking to create a new Standard or set of Best Practices must provide a development plan comprising an overview of the proposed Standard or Best Practices, a draft committee charter if a new committee is required, a development timeline, and an agenda for the initial committee meeting.

One of the benefits of membership in IGSA is the ability to work on a standard with other members as a technical committee member. Members share their work and opinions with each other in an open and transparent setting.

IGSA Standards and Best Practices are available free of charge only to Members and Regulatory Authorities. Some restrictions apply depending on membership level. Please refer to IGSA’s Memberships page, and click on Download Details under any Membership Level to see which Standards and Best Practices are available. Non-IGSA members may also license certain Standards and Best Practices. Information on licensing is also available if you click on Download Details. To become a member of IGSA, go to IGSA’s Memberships Page. Once you become a member, you can download Standards and Best Practices from the website or request Standards and Best Practices, and review drafts of Standards and Best Practices in the members-only area.

Regulatory Authorities may request any Standard or Best Practice, which they will receive free of charge for their internal use only. Regulatory copies of Standards or Best Practices may not be shared with commercial companies for the implementation or incorporation of the same within commercial products. Please contact IGSA, should you have any questions regarding this.

Members who are eligible to receive Standard or Best Practice updates are automatically notified of any updates. Members can obtain an update using the Members-Only section of the website and navigating to the Standard or Best Practice they are interested in. Alternatively, please contact IGSA.

IGSA has partnered with the iGaming Academy to provide online self-paced training on some Standards.  Please click here to view the courses available, which can be purchased directly from iGaming Academy.

The IGSA Board of Directors is the elected governing body of IGSA. It is composed of individuals from the Board-eligible Members of IGSA. Board Members meet every month, or as needed, to set the strategic direction of IGSA and to determine all issues regarding the management of the organization.

A candidate for the Board of Directors must be a representative of a Board-eligible Member in good standing. For more specifics, please refer to IGSA’s Policy Handbook.

Director, Industry, Vertical and Operator Members in good standing may nominate themselves annually, after the call for nominations is sent to Members via email notice. Once elected, Director-level Board Members serve for a two-year term, while all other Board Members serve for one year. Each membership level has a specific number of Board of Director seats allocated to that level. Please refer to IGSA’s Memberships page and click on Download Details under any Membership Level to learn more or contact IGSA.

The IGSA Board of Directors elects the Executive Committee from its ranks. To become a member, you must first be elected to the board.

The Executive Committee (EC) is a sub-committee of the Board of Directors, comprising the officers of the IGSA Board of Directors (Chair/Vice-Chair/Secretary/Treasurer). The committee meets monthly to review issues of importance to the IGSA Board in detail and make recommendations to the full Board of Directors.

The differences between the SAS protocol, created in 1985 as a serial point-to-point, unencrypted communication protocol, and G2S, which is an ethernet high-speed, multi-host, encrypted protocol are vast! Please visit IGSA’s White Papers library and browse the content there for more information.

Within IGSA standards, there is a set of identifiers that are designed to be globally unique. This set of identifiers is used to uniquely identify EGMs, themes, and pay tables. To request an ID, please visit IGSA’s Manufacturer’s ID page here.