`Sandringham, Victoria, 3191
`+61 418 543 169
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`Professional Profile
`A professional career spanning 40 years so far. Recognised internationally with more
`than 33 years of experience in all aspects of Casino and Gaming machine operations and
`technology. Neil has an incredible depth of talent and experience in multi-million dollar
`businesses, people management, strategic planning, business improvement, technology,
`operational management, mergers & acquisitions, management consulting and
`regulatory management in Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK, Canada and Macau.
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`301/226 Bay Road
`Sandringham, Victoria, 3191
`+61 418 543 169
`neil@gamingconsultants.com.au
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`Neil Spencer
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`Examples of Gaming Industry Experience
`Time in Industry 33 years
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`Gaming Systems
`More than 33 years’ experience in the specification, design,
`development and implementation of gaming management and control
`systems. Specialist skills in requirements definition, regulatory
`requirements, protocols, and integration.
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`Responsible for the selection and implementation of monitoring and
`control systems for:
`• Crown Casino (Melbourne)
`• Sky City Casino (Auckland)
`• Mandalay Bay Casino (Las Vegas)
`• Crown Macau (Macau)
`• Tabaret Statewide Gaming (Victoria)
`• Central Monitoring System (NSW)
`• Route 66 Casino (New Mexico)
`• The Federal Group – Statewide monitoring (Tasmania)
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`Gaming Machines
`More than 32 years’ experience with gaming machine suppliers
`throughout the world covering game specifications, technical
`standards, regulatory approvals and contract administration.
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`Served as an Expert Witness for Courts in Australia and the USA for
`matters including game design, jackpot systems and VIP player
`recognition.
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`Jackpots & Bonusing
`More than 27 years’ experience with the development and operation
`of jackpot & bonusing systems.
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`Internet Gaming
`Experienced in the development of operating controls and systems
`for Internet based gaming operations through projects in 2001 and
`2003 for The Federal Group in Tasmania and Action On-Line
`Entertainment from Long Beach California.
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`Patent Owner NexRF Exhibit 2009, Page 2 of 8
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`Technical Standards
`More than 33 years’ experience in the development of technical
`standards for gaming machines and gaming systems; including:
`• 1990 - Victorian Gaming Systems Standards
`• 1993 – Victorian Technical requirements for Casino Gaming
`Machines & Systems
`• 1994 – Gaming Machine Technical Standards, New Zealand
`• 1996 – Gaming Machine Communications Protocol, Crown Casino
`• 1999 thru 2006 – Australia/NZ National Gaming Machine
`Standards
`• 2003 – G2S, Gaming Standards Association, USA
`• 2017 – MAX, G2S Implementation Specification for NSW
`• 2017 – MAX, QCOM Implementation Specification for NSW
`• 2018 – Victorian Ticket and Card Based Cashless Gaming
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`Gaming Machine Communication Protocols
`More than 30 years’ experience in the development, implementation,
`and operation of gaming machine communication protocols;
`including detailed knowledge of, and experience with:
`• ASP-1000 gaming machine communication protocol
`• QCOM gaming machine communication protocol
`• X-standard gaming machine communication protocol
`• Gaming Standards Association G2S protocol
`• IGT SAS gaming machine communication protocol
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`Digital Wallet & Digital Payment Technologies
`Prepared the Framework for Digital Payment Technologies for
`Gaming Machines in NSW on behalf of ClubsNSW.
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`Provided Digital Wallet emerging technology updates to regulators
`and peak bodies in Victoria, NSW, and the American Gaming
`Association.
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`Patent Owner NexRF Exhibit 2009, Page 3 of 8
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`Commercial
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`301/226 Bay Road
`Sandringham, Victoria, 3191
`+61 418 543 169
`neil@gamingconsultants.com.au
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`More than 30 years’ experience in commercial negotiation,
`budget development, reporting, RFI/RFI processes (development,
`evaluation, selection & reporting), Board level reporting, and contract
`management.
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`Expert level expertise in gaming legislation and regulations in
`Victoria, NSW, QLD, Tasmania and New Zealand.
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`Experienced with gaming legislation and regulations in Macau,
`Nevada, Canada, Singapore & UK.
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`Assisted in the establishment of gaming machine operations at
`Crown Galleria Casino (Melbourne), Crown Casino (Melbourne), Sky
`City Casino (Auckland), Mandalay Bay Casino (Las Vegas), Crown
`Macau Casino (Macau), City of Dreams Casino (Macau), Aspers
`Casino (London), Route 66 Casino (New Mexico) with responsibilities
`including:
`• Gaming machine technical standards
`• Selection of gaming machine monitoring systems & jackpot
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`• Specification of gaming machine requirements
`• Management of machine acquisition, approvals and installation
`• Regulatory agency liaison
`• Development of Internal Controls and Operating Procedures
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`Crown Casino (Melbourne), Executive General Manager, Gaming
`Machines
`Executive responsibility for the operation of the Gaming Machine
`department covering 340 staff including Attendants, Technicians, VIP
`operations, Sales & Marketing, Analytics, Administration and
`Management
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`President, VIP Customer Service, Gaming Machines, Crown
`Melbourne
`Planning, budgeting and execution of bespoke “money can’t buy”
`experiences for Ultimate VIP customers – within Australia and
`internationally.
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`Patent Owner NexRF Exhibit 2009, Page 4 of 8
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`301/226 Bay Road
`Sandringham, Victoria, 3191
`+61 418 543 169
`neil@gamingconsultants.com.au
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`Crown Perth, Gaming Operations Advisor
`18 months as Operational Advisor to the Gaming Machine
`department with responsibilities including Machine performance
`analysis, departmental operating structure, games approval,
`monitoring system enhancement and regulatory liaison.
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`Gateway Casinos (Vancouver), Gaming Operations Advisor
`36 months as Operational Advisor to Gateway Entertainment Group –
`the operator of 7 casinos in British Columbia and 2 casinos in
`Alberta. The role included responsibility for regulatory liaison,
`product analysis and casino systems requirements.
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`Mocha Slots (Macau), Gaming Operations Advisor
`24 months as Operational Advisor to Mocha Slots with
`responsibilities including product analysis, operating structure
`review, gaming systems & technology review and regulatory liaison.
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`Tabaret Statewide Gaming (Victoria), Gaming Systems Manager
`Technical Director for the design, development and implementation
`of the Tabaret statewide gaming system in Victoria, plus operational
`management of product deployment, analysis, systems operations
`and technical support.
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`International Gaming Consultant
`More than 33 years of professional consulting to casino/gaming
`operators throughout the world including Crown Limited, NSW TAB,
`RSL Victoria, ClubsNSW, Grand Casinos (Noumea), Grand Casinos
`(Minnesota), Singapore pools, The Federal Group, Harrah’s and
`Aspinalls.
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`Assisted casinos and gaming operators with internal business
`reviews, efficiency measures, organisation reviews and systems
`integration.
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`Conducted systems operations & health check reviews, new
`technology acquisitions, independent reviews of jackpot operation
`and configuration, management of new technology implementations.
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`Patent Owner NexRF Exhibit 2009, Page 5 of 8
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`Corporate
`Reviews
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`301/226 Bay Road
`Sandringham, Victoria, 3191
`+61 418 543 169
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`Acquisition Reviews
`Participated in many corporate and operational reviews of
`international organisations in USA, Canada, South Africa, UK, New
`Zealand, and Holland as potential merger/acquisition candidates.
`Roles included assessment of operational capability, legislative
`environment, product and systems, and structure & organisational
`capability.
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`Regulatory Reviews
`Conducted reviews of gaming operations, system technology and
`Monitoring organisations on behalf of gaming regulators and
`Government agencies.
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`Conference Chair
`• 1994 Australasian Gaming Expo & Conference, Sydney
`• 1997 Australasian Gaming Expo & Conference, Sydney
`• 1997 Gaming in Australia Conference, Melbourne
`• 1999 Australasian Gaming Expo & Conference, Sydney
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`Presentation of Papers/Panel Participation
`• 1994 Gaming Systems Selection, Australasian Gaming Expo &
`Conference, Sydney
`• 1998 System Based Bonusing, GameTech, Las Vegas
`• 2000 Cashless Gaming, European Gaming Forum, Malta
`• 2001 Ticket In/Ticket Out Cashless Gaming, G2E, Las Vegas
`• 2005 Gaming Technology Trends, Macau
`• 2006 Managing Technology & Competition, Macau
`• 2017 Gaming Technology Trends, Australasian Gaming Expo &
`Conference, Sydney
`• 2018 Moderator, The Gaming Product of Tomorrow, Australasian
`Gaming Expo & Conference, Sydney
`• 2019 Moderator, Paving the Road to Product Differentiation,
`Australasian Gaming Expo & Conference, Sydney
`• 2019 Moderator, The Gaming Floor of the Future, Australasian
`Gaming Expo & Conference, Sydney
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`Patent Owner NexRF Exhibit 2009, Page 6 of 8
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`Acres Gaming vs Mikohn Gaming Corporation
`US District Court, Nevada
`US Patent 5,655,961 Method for operating networked gaming devices
`Acted on behalf of Acres Gaming
`Statement produced and Deposed by opposition
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`Harrahs Entertainment vs Station Casinos
`US District Court Nevada
`US Patent 6,003,013 Customer worth differentiation by selective
`activation of physical instrumentalities within the casino
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`Acted on behalf of Harrahs Entertainment
`Statement produced and Deposed by opposition
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`Jupiters vs Neurizon
`Federal Court of Australia
`Australian Patent 714299 Prize Awarding System
`Acted on behalf of Jupiters
`Affidavit produced and appeared in Court
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`Aristocrat vs IGT
`US District Court, Nevada
`US Patent 6,093,102 Multiline Gaming Machine
`Acted on behalf of IGT
`Statement produced and Deposed by opposition 2
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`Aristocrat vs IGT
`US District Court, Nevada
`US Patent 6,375,570 Gaming device displaying an exhibition for
`replacing video reels
`Acted on behalf of IGT
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`Dispute settled before trial
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`Aristocrat vs IGT
`US District Court, Nevada
`US Patent 6,932, 701 Gaming device having a bonus scheme including
`a plurality of selection groups with win-group outcomes
`Acted on behalf of IGT
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`1 Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented herein, however no warranty,
`expressed or implied, and no liability for completeness or accuracy is offered
`2 Deposition assumed but cannot be accurately recalled
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`Aristocrat vs Konami Gaming
`Federal Court of Australia
`Australian Patent 754689 Slot machine game and system with
`improved jackpot feature
`Acted on behalf of Aristocrat
`Affidavit produced and appeared in Court
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