Gaming testing company Gaming Laboratories International announced it has joined the Canadian Gaming Association (CGA), a not-for-profit organization that works to advance the evolution of Canada’s gaming industry.
“We are delighted to welcome Gaming Laboratories International to the Canadian Gaming Association,” said Paul Burns, president and CEO of CGA. “GLI joins a growing list of members who represent an inclusive and diverse list of operators, manufacturers, suppliers, and other industry associations who are committed to advocating for the benefits associated with the Canadian gaming industry. They will bring great value to our association, thanks to GLI’s deep history in Canada and its world-class services.”
“We are honored to become an associate member of the Canadian Gaming Association,” said Salim L. Adatia, GLI’s vice president of iGaming and Canadian services. “This marks another important milestone in our continuing commitment to the growing Canadian gaming landscape. We’ve been working closely with our Canadian colleagues for many years, and we look forward to further enriching our successful relationships with Canadian gaming, lottery, and First Nations regulators, operators and suppliers through our membership in the CGA.”
The CGA is the primary source of information on gaming in Canada, and co-owns the Canadian Gaming Summit, which GLI is sponsoring and speaking at again this year, and Canadian Gaming Business magazine. CGA members enjoy a variety of exclusive benefits, including leveraging the organization’s established relationships with key lottery and gaming senior management, regulators, and government officials; advocacy on key issues and legislation affecting the Canadian gaming and lottery industries; and access to proprietary research on a variety of topics, including public attitudes and opinions, responsible gambling, and economic development.
“After 30 years in business, GLI has never lost sight of why we opened our doors in the first place,” said GLI in a press release, “both in Canada and around the globe—to be the trusted, proven adviser, offering an unparalleled range of services designed to enrich the Canadian gaming environment.
“Now, GLI’s membership in the CGA further underscores the lab’s strong support for Canada’s growing gaming and lottery industries. For over two decades, GLI has operated a full-service test lab in Burnaby, British Columbia that has provided testing for the land-based, online, charitable, parimutuel, and lottery gaming sectors across the country and its global lottery group is based in Moncton, New Brunswick.”
In a separate release, GLI announced it is has expanded its Canadian test laboratory in Vancouver, British Columbia, which provides consultancy and certification testing for the land-based, online, charitable, pari-mutuel, and lottery gaming sectors across the country.
“We are extremely proud to be a part of the fabric of Canada’s dynamic gaming industry and are excited to further invest in Canada’s bright gaming future,” said Salim L. Adatia, GLI’s vice president of iGaming & Canadian services. “We recently announced our joining the Canadian Gaming Association, and now by expanding our Vancouver laboratory, we are increasing our bandwidth to handle the growing volume of requests from suppliers in Canada and beyond, lotteries, and regulators through the hiring of more testing personnel.
“This increased capacity ensures that our valued customers and the lotteries and regulators we serve will continue to receive the world-class testing, certification, and professional services they’ve come to expect from GLI.”
Now spanning a total of 8,536 square feet, GLI’s newly expanded Vancouver lab provides a more spacious, modern, and efficient work environment designed to accommodate numerous additional gaming machines and testing hardware/software devices to meet increasing demand. The expanded lab can accommodate up to 35 employees. Technical, administrative, customer service, and support staff will be stationed there. Thanks to this additional capacity, GLI is seeking to hire 13 test engineers by the end of the year.
