Games Magazine AGE Australasia 2017

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locations today including australia. as Bmm goes into its 37th year, we are very proud to maintain the highest level of independent quality testing in the world. and we are dedicated to becoming the number one gaming lab in north america and south america where we have made extraordinary progress over the last three years. what’s your leadershIp style to Better connect wIth your collaBorators and share Bmm’s culture wIth them? at Bmm, we care. We care about our staf, we care about our customers and we care about the world around us. We strive to be smarter, better, faster and more cost efective for every customer in every regulated jurisdiction around the world. my role is to engage, inspire and to assist Bmm’s staf, at all levels, to meet these values and goals. Our core value of ‘care’ lows through to our customers and regulators. They know that we are honest, trustworthy and will deliver on our word, with their interests appropriately at heart. more complex content and dIfferent types of wagerIng are key elements to understand the Industry. how does your company work to face thIs realIty? Bmm’s unique intellectual property is represented by its testing tools, methods and processes that are constantly evolving to cater for the ever-changing technologies used to deliver a gaming experience, largely through a game. We are continually developing new ways to test

and certify to ensure we are covering the increasing complexity in game features and their mathematics. We have spent a lot of efort in developing our mathematic analysis tools to ensure we are covering all game features and payouts to conirm their adherence to the global regulations. We have also invested heavy into automated game payout testing and gaming communication protocol simulators for identifying issues in these areas. These tools have been utilized many times over the years to retest products where math testing errors have been made by other gaming labs. We also train our technical staf to ensure we are well and truly up to date with current technologies. We are in the process of certifying all our engineers in the isTQB program, a global accreditation that certiies software testers. Bmm is one of only 3 global Platinum members of isTQB. what Is the relatIonshIp Between Bmm and governments? We take our relationships with Government and gaming regulators very seriously. after all, we have been partnering with government since 1981. Working closely with regulators we can better understand their expectations and provide the necessary support. many new jurisdictions do not have in-house resources with the necessary expertise and skills required to develop the standards that will meet the requirements of the intended jurisdiction. accordingly, most regulatory authorities utilize outside experts, such as Bmm, to assist in developing the appropriate standards and requirements for the

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