NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note
1. Restatement of Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Background
Information
In May 1993,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 115 (“SFAS No. 115”)
“Accounting for Certain Investments
in Debt and Equity Securities.”
SFAS No. 115 addresses the accounting and
reporting for certain investments in debt and equity securities and
categorization of those investments as either:
held to maturity securities, trading
securities or available for sale securities.
In connection
with the preparation of our financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2007, our investments in certain securities were reviewed and determined to be
auction rate securities. The investments held at December 31, 2007 were the same
type of investments held as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, and,
therefore should have been considered marketable securities “available for sale”
in accordance with SFAS No 115. The financial statements contained in
the original Form 10-Q filed on November 6, 2007 had classified these
investments as cash and cash equivalents because these investments were highly
liquid and therefore believed to be cash equivalents.
In March
2008, our management, after consultation with our audit committee and our
independent public accounting firm, determined that it was necessary to restate
our previously issued condensed consolidated financial statements for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and as of December 31, 2006 in order to
properly present cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities within the
financial statements.
Restatement
The
restatement has been accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 154,
“Accounting Changes and Error
Corrections
—
a
replacement of APB Opinion No.
20 and FASB Statement No. 3,”
as a revision of previously issued
financial statements to reflect the correction of an error.
We have
determined that $23,150,000 of municipal bonds (that were auction rate
securities) that were previously considered to be cash and cash equivalents
should be reclassified as marketable securities. This
reclassification reduced cash and cash equivalents from $28,878,075, as
originally reported, to $5,728,075 as of September 30, 2007.
The
reclassification did not result in a change in our previously reported revenues,
net income, earnings per share, stockholders’ equity, or cash flow
from operations in the condensed consolidated financial statements for and as of
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and as of December 31, 2006.
Instead, the reclassification only affected the balance of cash and cash
equivalents and marketable securities on the condensed consolidated balance
sheet and cash flows from investing activities on the condensed consolidated
statement of cash flows.
Because the fair value
of these marketable securities are considered to be equal to par
value as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, we did not record
any unrealized gain or loss for any period with respect to these
securities in the statement of other comprehensive income.
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheet Adjustments
The following
is a summary of the adjustments to our previously issued unaudited condensed
consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2007.
|
|
September
30, 2007
|
|
|
as previously
reported
|
|
adjustments
|
|
as
restated
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash
equivalents
|
|
$
|
28,878,075
|
|
$
|
(23,150,000
|
)
|
$
|
5,728,075
|
Marketable
securities
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
23,150,000
|
|
|
23,150,000
|
Accounts
receivable, net of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
1,681,875
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
1,681,875
|
Income
tax receivable
|
|
|
118,941
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
118,941
|
Inventories
|
|
|
1,434,913
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
1,434,913
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
404,110
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
404,110
|
Deferred
tax asset
|
|
|
170,537
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
170,537
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
32,688,451
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
32,688,451
|
Property
and equipment, net of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
accumulated
depreciation
|
|
|
4,747,282
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
4,747,282
|
Fixed
assets in construction
|
|
|
3,041,487
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
3,041,487
|
Other
assets, net of accumulated amortization
|
|
|
60,308
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
60,308
|
Deferred
tax asset
|
|
|
811,783
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
811,783
|
Total
assets
|
|
$
|
41,349,311
|
|
$
|
---
|
|
$
|
41,349,311
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and stockholders' equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
$
|
425,250
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
425,250
|
Commissions
payable
|
|
|
348,402
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
348,402
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
317,902
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
317,902
|
Income
taxes payable
|
|
|
102,400
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
102,400
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
1,193,954
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
1,193,954
|
Stockholders'
equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock 0.001 par value 150,000,000 shares authorized, 11,351,279
shares issued and outstanding for September 30, 2007.
|
|
|
11,351
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
11,351
|
Additional
paid in capital
|
|
|
29,838,991
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
29,838,991
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
|
10,305,015
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
10,305,015
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
40,155,357
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
40,155,357
|
Total
liabilities and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
stockholders'
equity
|
|
$
|
41,349,311
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
41,349,311
|
Condensed
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Adjustments
The following
is a summary of the adjustments to our previously issued unaudited condensed
consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September
30, 2007.
|
|
Nine months
ended September 30, 2007
|
|
|
|
as previously
reported
|
|
adjustments
|
|
as
restated
|
|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$
|
3,334,105
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
3,334,105
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
1,384,735
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
1,384,735
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
18,000
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
18,000
|
|
Stock
issued for services
|
|
|
152,495
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
152,495
|
|
Deferred
taxes
|
|
|
(8,893
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(8,893
|
)
|
Change
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
(245,276
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(245,276
|
)
|
Income
tax receivable
|
|
|
(118,941
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(118,941
|
)
|
Inventories
|
|
|
(100,943
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(100,943
|
)
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
264,426
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
264,426
|
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
(1,585
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(1,585
|
)
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
|
288,909
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
288,909
|
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
53,793
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
53,793
|
|
Commissions
payable
|
|
|
86,707
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
86,707
|
|
Income
tax payable
|
|
|
(232,808
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(232,808
|
)
|
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
4,874,724
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
4,874,724
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of equipment and property
|
|
|
(2,465,457
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(2,465,457
|
)
|
Sale of
marketable securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,900,000
|
|
|
6,900,000
|
|
Purchase
of marketable securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,075,000
|
)
|
|
(7,075,000
|
)
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(2,465,457
|
)
|
|
(175,000
|
)
|
|
(2,640,457
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sale of
stock
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
Cost of
issuing stock
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
Payments
on note payable
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
2,409,267
|
|
|
(175,000
|
)
|
|
2,234,267
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning
|
|
|
26,468,808
|
|
|
(22,975,000
|
)
|
|
3,493,808
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, ending
|
|
$
|
28,878,075
|
|
$
|
(23,150,000
|
)
|
$
|
5,728,075
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
paid for income taxes
|
|
$
|
1,611,197
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
1,611,197
|
|
Cash
paid for interest
|
|
$
|
19,459
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
19,459
|
|
Non-cash
investing and financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
options capitalized
|
|
$
|
65,674
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
65,674
|
|
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheet Adjustments
The following
is a summary of the adjustments to our previously issued unaudited condensed
consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2006.
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
|
as previously
reported
|
|
adjustments
|
|
as
restated
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
26,468,808
|
|
$
|
(22,975,000
|
)
|
$
|
3,493,808
|
Marketable
securities
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
22,975,000
|
|
|
22,975,000
|
Accounts
receivable, net of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
1,436,599
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
1,436,599
|
Inventories
|
|
|
1,333,970
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
1,333,970
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
668,536
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
668,536
|
Deferred
tax asset
|
|
|
112,716
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
112,716
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
30,020,629
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
30,020,629
|
Property
and equipment, net of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
accumulated
depreciation
|
|
|
4,825,538
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
4,825,538
|
Fixed
assets in construction
|
|
|
1,816,834
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
1,816,834
|
Other
assets, net of accumulated
amortization
|
|
|
76,723
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
76,723
|
Deferred
tax asset
|
|
|
860,711
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
860,711
|
Total
assets
|
|
$
|
37,600,435
|
|
$
|
---
|
|
$
|
37,600,435
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and stockholders' equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
$
|
136,341
|
|
$
|
---
|
|
$
|
136,341
|
Commissions
payable
|
|
|
294,609
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
294,609
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
231,195
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
231,195
|
Income
taxes payable
|
|
|
335,208
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
335,208
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
997,353
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
997,353
|
Stockholders'
equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock 0.001 par value 150,000,000 shares authorized, 11,341,612
shares issued and outstanding for December 31,
2006.
|
|
|
11,342
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
11,342
|
Additional
paid in capital
|
|
|
29,620,830
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
29,620,830
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
|
6,970,910
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
6,970,910
|
Total
stockholders' equity
|
|
|
36,603,082
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
36,603,082
|
Total
liabilities and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
stockholders'
equity
|
|
$
|
37,600,435
|
|
$
|
---
|
|
$
|
37,600,435
|
Condensed
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Adjustments
The following
is a summary of the adjustments to our previously issued unaudited condensed
consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September
30, 2006
|
|
Nine months
ended September 30, 2006
|
|
|
|
as previously
reported
|
|
adjustments
|
|
as
restated
|
|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Income
|
|
$
|
755,103
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
755,103
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
1,356,367
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
1,356,367
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
340,607
|
|
|
|
|
|
340,607
|
|
Stock
for services
|
|
|
1,099,857
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
1,099,857
|
|
Change
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
(956
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(956
|
)
|
Inventories
|
|
|
(226,640
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(226,640
|
)
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
140,965
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
140,965
|
|
Deferred
tax
|
|
|
(117,173
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(117,173
|
)
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
(2,472
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(2,472
|
)
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
|
27,142
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
27,142
|
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
116,338
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
116,338
|
|
Commissions
payable
|
|
|
120,199
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
120,199
|
|
Income
tax payable
|
|
|
69,345
|
|
|
|
|
|
69,345
|
|
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
3,678,682
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
3,678,682
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of assets
|
|
|
(2,670,465
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
(2,670,465
|
)
|
Purchase
of marketable securities
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(12,750,000
|
)
|
|
(12,750,000
|
)
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(2,670,465
|
)
|
|
(12,750,000
|
)
|
|
(15,420,465
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
Sale of
sock
|
|
|
24,414,717
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
24,414,717
|
|
Payments
on note payable
|
|
|
(437,117
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
(437,117
|
)
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
23,977,600
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
23,977,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
24,985,817
|
|
|
(12,750,000
|
)
|
|
12,235,817
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning
|
|
|
511,517
|
|
|
|
|
|
511,517
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, ending
|
|
$
|
25,497,334
|
|
$
|
(12,750,000
|
)
|
$
|
12,747,334
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
$
|
12,126
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
12,126
|
|
Cash
paid for income taxes
|
|
$
|
566,547
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
566,547
|
|
Non
cash investing activity - Stock options associated with capitalized
R&D
|
|
$
|
43,922
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
43,922
|
|
2.
|
Nature
of Business and Interim Basis of Presentation:
|
|
Nature of
business
:
FortuNet,
Inc. (We, FortuNet or the Company) was incorporated in 1989 in Nevada. FortuNet
is engaged primarily in the business of designing, manufacturing and leasing
electronic bingo and entertainment systems throughout North
America.
FortuNet
derives substantially all revenues from the gaming industry in the United States
and Canada. Changes in laws and regulations related to gaming in each state or
province can affect the Company’s revenues in any given state or
province.
Interim Basis of
Presentation
:
The
accounting policies followed in the preparation of the financial information
herein are the same as those summarized in the Company’s 2006 Annual Report on
Form 10-K. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2006,
was derived from audited consolidated financial statements at that date. The
interim condensed consolidated financial information is unaudited and should be
read in conjunction with the Company’s 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the
opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal and recurring
adjustments that are necessary to fairly present the financial condition of the
Company as of September 30, 2007, and the results of its operations for the
three and nine months ended September 30 ,2007 and its cash flows for the nine
months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, have been included. Interim results of
operations are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the
full year due to seasonality and other factors.
Inventories,
consisting primarily of parts and components to be used for manufacturing of
products are valued at the lower of cost or market, as determined by the
first-in, first-out basis. Also classified as inventories are Work In Process
components that are being produced for use in a future period. The following
schedule details inventory between raw materials and work in
process:
|
|
September
30, 2007
|
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
Raw
materials
|
|
$
|
1,315,605
|
|
|
$
|
1,222,107
|
|
Work in
process
|
|
|
119,308
|
|
|
|
111,863
|
|
Total
Inventories
|
|
$
|
1,434,913
|
|
|
$
|
1,333,970
|
|
In accordance
with the provisions of SFAS No. 128,
Earnings Per Share,
basic net
income is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of
common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share
is calculated by dividing the amount of income available to common shareholders
by the number of diluted weighted average shares of common stock outstanding
during each period. Potentially dilutive securities include common shares
purchasable upon exercise of stock options and any non-vested stock.
The following
table sets forth the computations for basic and dilutive earnings per common
share:
|
|
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Net
Income
|
|
$
|
1,132,920
|
|
|
$
|
547,292
|
|
|
$
|
3,334,105
|
|
|
$
|
755,103
|
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding
|
|
|
11,344,691
|
|
|
|
10,935,487
|
|
|
|
11,344,691
|
|
|
|
10,935,487
|
|
Diluted
non-vested stock
|
|
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
1,372
|
|
|
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
1,372
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
weighted average number of shares outstanding
|
|
|
11,348,363
|
|
|
|
10,974,860
|
|
|
|
11,348,363
|
|
|
|
10,974,860
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
Earnings Per Share
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.29
|
|
|
$
|
0.07
|
|
Diluted
Earnings Per Share
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.29
|
|
|
$
|
0.07
|
|
5.
|
Recently
Issued Accounting Pronouncements:
|
SFAS
159
In February
2007, the FASB issued SFAS 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and
Financial Liabilities, which permits entities to choose to measure many
financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. SFAS 159 is to
improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to
mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and
liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting
provisions. This statement is effective for us beginning in 2008. We are
evaluating whether adoption of this statement will result in a change in our
measuring methods.
SFAS
158
In February
2007, the FASB issued SFAS 158,
Employers’ Accounting for Defined
Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans,
which improves financial
reporting by requiring an employer to recognize the overfunded or underfunded
status of a defined benefit postretirement plan as an asset or liability in its
statement of financial position. This statement is effective for us beginning
in 2007. We do not expect the adoption of this statement to have a material
impact on our results of operations, financial position or cash
flows.
SFAS
157
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157,
Fair Value Measurements,
which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair
value in GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157
does not require any new fair value measurements, but provides guidance on how
to measure fair value by providing a fair value hierarchy used to classify the
source of the information. This statement is effective for us beginning
in 2008. We are evaluating whether adoption of this statement will result
in a change to our fair value measurements.
6.
|
Adoption
of Recently Issued Accounting
Pronouncements:
|
SAB
108
In
September 2006, the SEC issued SAB 108, Considering the Effects of Prior
Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial
Statements. SAB 108 requires analysis of misstatements using both an income
statement (rollover) approach and a balance sheet (iron curtain) approach
in assessing materiality and provides for a one-time cumulative effect
transition adjustment. SAB 108 is effective for our fiscal year 2007 annual
financial statements. The adoption of this statement had no material impact on
our results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
FIN
48
In
July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB
Interpretation No. 48.
“Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes –
an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies
the accounting for income taxes by prescribing theminimum recognition threshold
a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial
statements. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2006. With the adoption of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007, we have
an unrecognized tax benefit of $102,400 included in the income tax payable on
the balance sheet, which include a penalty and interest provision of 25% or
$20,480, for possible state taxes for years 2002 and 2003 associated with our
subsidiary Millennium Games, Inc. (“Millennium”), which are still subject to
examination by tax authorities. As the result of adopting FIN 48 we recognized
no adjustment to the liability for unrecognized tax benefits. The company
recognizes interest and penalties with the tax provision
expense.
7.
|
Stock
Based Compensation:
|
|
On
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based
Payments” (“SFAS No. 123R”), which requires companies to measure the cost
of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments
based on the grant date fair value of the award. The Company has equity
incentive plans that provide for the issuance of stock options, restricted stock
and other equity incentives.
On March 6,
2007, the Company issued an aggregate of 10,000 shares of restricted stock to
non-employee members of the board of directors. These shares were subject to
vesting restrictions based upon the recipients’ continued service on our board
of directors. Upon the termination of any recipient’s service on our
board of directors, all unvested shares will be forfeited back to the
Company.
On May 2,
2007, 3,000 of these shares of restricted stock to non-employee members of the
board of directors were forfeited back to the Company upon such persons ceasing
to serve as directors. On May 9, 2007, the Company issued 2,667 shares of
restricted stock to a new non-employee member of the board of
directors. Subject to the recipient’s continued service on our board
of directors, 1,667 shares have vested at the end of September 2007, 1,000
shares will vest upon the completion of fourth quarter of 2007, and upon the
termination of any recipient’s service on our board of directors, all unvested
shares will be forfeited back to the Company.
Compensation
cost related to vested restricted stock for the nine months ended September 30,
2007 was $61,123. Costs associated with these expenses are included in general
and administrative expenses. A total of $16,730 of unrecognized compensation
costs related to nonvested restricted stock is expected to be recognized over
future periods.
8.
|
Commitments
and contingencies:
|
|
At September 30, 2007, the Company has entered into non-cancelable purchase
commitments for certain inventory components used in its normal operations. The
purchase commitments covered by these agreements are valid for less than one
year and, in the aggregate, amount to approximately $893,700.
9.
|
Research
and development:
|
Research and development costs are primarily for costs of software and hardware
development and continued enhancements for the electronic bingo systems that the
Company leases to customers. The total amount of research and development was
$117,522 and $402,342 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007
and $122,600 and $490,824 during the three and nine months ended September 30,
2006.
10. Litigation:
Currently,
the Company is the plaintiff in a civil lawsuit under the federal Racketeer
Influenced Corrupt Organization, or RICO, law against GameTech International
Incorporated and its wholly owned subsidiary, GameTech Arizona
Corporation.
The
Company believes that the final resolution of any pending litigation,
individually or in the aggregate, is not likely to have a material adverse
effect on the Company’s business, cash flow, results of operations or financial
position.
11. Income
Taxes:
We recorded
our income tax provision at an effective rate of 29.1% for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007. This effective tax rate takes into account the tax exempt
interest in the amount of $708,305 yielding an effective reduction from the
statutory tax rate of approximately 7.4%.
ITEM
2.
|
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
|
Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within
the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. All statements included in this Quarterly Report, other than statements
that are purely historical, are forward-looking statements. Words such as
“anticipate,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,”
“estimate,” “will,” “will continue to be,” or the negative of foregoing and
similar expressions regarding beliefs, plans expectations or intentions
regarding the future also identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements in this Quarterly Report include, without limitation: (1) our
expectation that the effectiveness of SFAS 158 will not have a material impact
on our results of operations, financial position or cash flows; (2) our
expectation that the effectiveness of SAB 108 will not have a material impact on
our results of operations, financial position or cash flows; (3) our expectation
with respect to our future recognition ofcompensation costs related to nonvested
restricted stock; (4) our belief that the final resolution of pending litigation
is not likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, cash flow,
results of operations or financial position; (5) our belief that, upon approval
of our wireless gaming devices by the Nevada gaming authorities, Nevada casino
patrons will be able to play traditional casino games using our wireless player
terminals; (6) our intention to continue to introduce other new products for the
conventional bingo market segment; (7) our anticipation that we may in the
future sell our gaming platforms rather than lease them; (8) our expectation
that the development of our product revenue will require us to record costs of
products sold (rather than leased) and that we would also see a recurring
revenue component generated from software upgrades and/or maintenance; (9) our
expectation of similar or increasing levels of litigation and legal expenses in
the future; (10) our expectation that we will have costs similar to the costs
associated with the stock grants to our directors in the remaining quarter of
2007; (11) our anticipation that our leasing revenue will be sufficient to fund
our operating expenses in the short term and that long term cash is expected to
be generated from existing operations and the selling or leasing of our products
in new markets; (12) our expectation to incur significant additional expenses in
connection with the procurement of equipment and components and manufacturing of
player and management terminals to take advantage of business opportunities and
our anticipation that these expenses will consume a substantial portion, if not
all, of our recurring lease revenues; and (13) our belief that our cash flow
from operations will be adequate to meet our anticipated future requirements for
working capital and capital expenditures for the next 12 months and for the
foreseeable future.
Our
expectations, beliefs, objectives, anticipations, intentions and strategies
regarding the future, including, without limitation, those concerning expected
operating results, revenues and earnings are not guarantees of future
performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from results contemplated by the forward-looking
statements including, but not limited to: (1) the possibility that we adopt or
inherit, through acquisitions, defined benefit postretirement plans in the
future; (2) the possibility that in the future we discover misstatements in
prior financial statements; (3) the possibility that nonvested restricted stock
is forfeited back to us upon termination of the stockholder’s service to us; (4)
the inherent uncertainty of the litigation process and our inability to predict
the outcome of litigation; (5) our failure to sell or lease our wireless player
terminals to casinos; (6) resource limitations or a diversion of our resources
and attention to endeavors other than introducing new products for the
gaming market; (7) customer resistance to buying our equipment rather
than leasing it or our inability to command a purchase price for the sale of our
equipment that is more advantageous to us than the lease payments that we would
forego; (8) our failure to sell our equipment to customers rather than lease it,
or our failure to successfully negotiate sales contracts that generate recurring
revenue through software upgrades and/or maintenance; (9) our avoidance of
litigation in the future; (10) the forfeiture of unvested stock to us upon the
termination of service of our directors; (11) an unexpected loss of customers or
reductions in lease payment amounts due to competitive forces and regulatory
restrictions, resource limitations or insufficient product interest that
precludes us from selling or leasing our products in new markets; (12)
insufficient interest from casinos and their patrons for our player and
management terminals; and (13) an unexpected loss of customers or unanticipated
capital expenses.
We assume no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of
the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Readers should also review
the cautionary statements and discussion of the risks of our business set forth
elsewhere herein under the heading “Risk Factors” under Part II,
Item 1A and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2007
and our Current Reports on Form 8-K.
Overview
We are an
established and profitable manufacturer of multi-game and multi-player
server-based gaming platforms. Our gaming platforms include networks of both
wireless and stationary player terminals, cashier-based point-of-sale terminals,
self-service point-of-sale kiosks and game file servers that conduct and control
bingo games. Our gaming platforms have been adapted to conduct traditional
casino games, such as keno, poker and slots, in addition to, and concurrently
with, bingo.
We believe
that the research and development efforts that we undertook in 2006 have made
our field-proven mobile gaming platform compliant with the wireless gaming
regulations promulgated by the Nevada Gaming Commission on March 23, 2006
and Mobile Gaming System Policies published by Nevada Gaming Commission on July
21, 2006. On March 23, 2006, the Nevada Gaming Commission adapted
technical standards governing mobile gaming systems. Accordingly, we submitted
our mobile gaming platform for review by the Nevada gaming authorities in 2006.
On July 12, 2007, the Nevada Gaming Commission published a draft of proposed
minimum internal control standards, or MICS, applicable specifically to mobile
gaming systems. With the publication of the proposed MICS for mobile
gaming systems, the Nevada Gaming Commission is now in a position to further its
process of reviewing mobile gaming systems. Currently, our gaming platforms
enable patrons to play bingo using either our wireless or our stationary player
terminals.
We are
seeking approval from gaming authorities to enable our gaming platforms to allow
patrons to play traditional casino games using our stationary player terminals
and our wireless player terminals. We have successfully completed field testing
of our wireless player terminals that enabled patrons to play traditional casino
games on a limited basis on cruise lines. We submitted certain of our mobile
gaming systems to the Nevada Gaming Control Board in 2006 and await the
decisions of the Nevada Gaming Commission. In November 2007, we received
permission from the Nevada Gaming Control Board to demonstrate the use of
certain of our mobile gaming systems at the Red Rock Hotel and Casino in Las
Vegas, Nevada during the Global Gaming Exposition trade show from November 13,
2007 through November 15, 2007. While we are encouraged by this action, it
provides no assurance or certainty as to the outcome of the currently pending
review of certain of our mobile gaming systems by the Nevada Gaming Control
Board or other regulatory authorities, our mobile gaming systems have not been
approved by the Nevada Gaming Commission for use or play in Nevada.
If our
wireless gaming devices are approved by the Nevada gaming authorities, Nevada
casino patrons will be able to play traditional casino games using our wireless
player terminals. However, there can be no assurance that we will obtain such
approval in the foreseeable future or at all.
Since our
inception, we have been a technology innovator in the gaming equipment industry.
We helped to define the core concepts of modern gaming technologies including
server-based networks, concurrent multi-gaming, cashless gaming, downloadable
gaming and, notably, mobile gaming. We continue to focus on research and
development and have recently upgraded our fourth generation wireless player
terminal to serve as a multi-game platform that enables patrons to play
traditional casino games in casino public areas in addition to playing bingo. We
also recently introduced and started selling new advanced bingo and keno
flashboards that utilize long-life color light emitting diodes instead of
conventional incandescent lamps. We also recently introduced advanced automatic
ball blowers for bingo, keno and lottery applications working in conjunction
with our flashboards and player terminals. We intend to continue to introduce
other new products for the conventional bingo market segment.
Almost all of
our revenues are currently generated by placing electronic bingo systems in
bingo halls under contracts based on (a) a fixed fee per use per session, (b) a
fixed weekly fee per terminal, or (c) a percentage of the revenue generated by
each terminal. Our revenue growth is affected by player acceptance of electronic
bingo as an addition or an alternative to paper bingo in our existing customer
establishments, our ability to expand operations into new markets and our
ability to increase our market share in the existing market. Our stationary
bingo player terminals generally generate greater revenue per player terminal
than our wireless bingo player terminals, but also typically, require a greater
initial capital investment. As our customer base changes from period to period
through the addition of new customers or occasional loss of existing customers,
we experience an increase in rental revenue due to the addition of customers and
a decrease in rental revenue due to the loss of customers. Our rental revenue is
also affected from period to period as a consequence of various changes in
operations at our existing customer locations that may result from numerous
factors which we have little or no control.
We typically
install our electronic bingo systems at no charge to our customers, and we
capitalize all direct costs. We record depreciation of bingo equipment over a
five-year estimated useful life using the straight-line method of
depreciation.
We anticipate
that at some point in time, we may begin selling our gaming platforms for use in
conducting traditional casino games, instead of entering into lease contracts as
we do now, or pursuant to purchase options that may be contained in lease
contracts. At that time, our revenue may include product revenue from sales of
equipment, in addition to our leasing revenue. At such time, our product revenue
will be determined by the then current price for our products and our
unit-volume sales.
We envision
that if we develop product sales revenue, we will also see a recurring revenue
component generated from software upgrades and/or maintenance of the software
components of our sold products.
Our expenses
currently consist of:
(a) cost of
revenue, depreciation of bingo terminals and other capitalized equipment under
lease to customers, maintenance, repair and refurbishment of bingo terminals and
related support equipment, and cost of shipping. Installation costs and initial
shipment expenses associated with new customer lease contracts are expensed as
cost of revenue in the period in which the equipment is deployed. Expenses
related to maintenance, repair and refurbishment of our existing equipment that
has been deployed at customer locations are expensed as cost of revenue in the
period in which the maintenance, repair or refurbishment is performed. These
expenses are incurred to, among other things, maintain our existing equipment in
working order, provide our customers with updated equipment, fix software bugs,
if any, provide new functionality and minimize the number of different
installation configurations that we must support. We are not obligated to
perform maintenance, repair or refurbishment under the terms of our rental
agreements with our customers, but we do so in order to improve the quality and
reliability of our products;
(b) general
and administrative expenses, including the costs of activities associated with
the management of our company and related support, which includes all payroll
and benefits other than payroll in connection with research and development
activities, travel costs, professional fees, facility lease expenses and bad
debt expense reserves;
(c) sales and
marketing expenses, consisting primarily of commissions paid to distributors for
promoting and supporting our products and related marketing costs;
and
(d) costs of
research and development activities geared to the further development of our
gaming platform, including labor costs and costs of hardware and software
testing, prototyping and development tools.
We envision
that the development of our product revenue will require us to record costs of
products sold (rather than leased) that include materials, labor, and direct and
indirect manufacturing costs and associated warranty costs.
Millennium,
our wholly owned subsidiary, distributes our bingo products in selected
territories in the United States. All of our other operations,
including the operation and maintenance of our bingo products in all territories
and the exclusive distribution of our bingo products in Nevada, Texas,
Washington and Canada, are conducted by FortuNet.
During the
three months ended September 30, 2007, we incurred $196,177 in legal expenses
primarily due to a civil RICO lawsuit against defendants Game Tech
International, Inc. and Game Tech Arizona, Inc. Our legal expenses decreased in
comparison to the $289,162 in legal expenses for the three months ended
September 30, 2006. This decrease is primarily due to the settlement of the
patent infringement lawsuit against Planet Bingo, LLC and its subsidiary,
Melange Computer Services, Inc. We expect similar or increasing levels of
litigation and other legal expenses in the future.
Deferred
taxes are primarily the result of differences in tax and financial amortization
lives of other assets and differences of property and equipment
depreciation.
Application
of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our condensed
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these
financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the reporting date and reported amounts of revenue and
expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our
estimates and judgments, including those related to revenue recognition, bad
debts, player terminal depreciation and litigation. We base our estimates and
judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that are
reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for
making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are
not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ materially
from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
There has
been no material change in the critical accounting policies that affect our more
significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated
financial statements from the critical accounting policies described in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.
Legal
Contingencies
We are
currently involved in various legal claims and legal proceedings. We have not
accrued any liability for estimated losses related to legal contingencies at
this time. In management’s opinion, these matters are not expected to have a
material effect on our financial position or results of operations.
Periodically, we review the status of each legal matter and assess our potential
financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal proceeding is
considered probable and the amount can be estimated, we accrue a liability for
the estimated loss. Significant judgment is required in both the determination
of probability and the determination as to whether an exposure can be reasonably
estimated. Because of uncertainties related to these matters, accruals are based
only on the best information available at the time. As additional information
becomes available, we reassess the potential liability related to our pending
claims and litigation and may revise our estimates. Such revisions in the
estimates of the potential liabilities could have a material impact on our
consolidated results of operations and financial position.
Results
of Operations
The following
table sets forth our results of operations in dollars and as a percentage of
revenue for each of the periods indicated:
Consolidated
Income Statement
|
|
Three
Months Ending September 30,
|
|
|
Nine
Months Ending September 30,
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales
Revenue
|
$
|
4,273,737
|
100.0%
|
$
|
4,075,618
|
100.0%
|
|
$
|
12,770,294
|
100.0%
|
$
|
12,048,954
|
100.0%
|
Cost of
Revenue
|
|
587,391
|
13.7%
|
|
534,963
|
13.1%
|
|
|
1,766,398
|
13.8%
|
|
1,577,146
|
13.1%
|
Gross
Profit
|
|
3,686,346
|
86.3%
|
|
3,540,655
|
86.9%
|
|
|
11,003,896
|
86.2%
|
|
10,471,808
|
86.9%
|
Operating
Costs & Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General
& Administrative
|
1,074,328
|
25.1%
|
|
1,458,483
|
35.8%
|
|
|
3,344,880
|
26.2%
|
|
5,406,522
|
44.9%
|
Sales
& Marketing
|
|
1,206,978
|
28.3%
|
|
1,290,877
|
31.7%
|
|
|
3,937,602
|
30.8%
|
|
3,858,730
|
32.0%
|
Research
& Development
|
117,522
|
2.8%
|
|
122,600
|
3.0%
|
|
|
402,342
|
3.2%
|
|
490,824
|
4.1%
|
Total
Operating Expenses
|
|
2,398,828
|
56.2%
|
|
2,871,960
|
70.5%
|
|
|
7,684,824
|
60.2%
|
|
9,756,076
|
81.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
from operations
|
1,287,518
|
30.1%
|
|
668,695
|
16.4%
|
|
|
3,319,072
|
26.0%
|
|
715,732
|
5.9%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
Income
|
|
8,105
|
0.2%
|
|
---
|
---%
|
|
|
477,741
|
3.7%
|
|
---
|
---%
|
Investment
Income
|
|
273,719
|
6.4%
|
|
252,983
|
6.2%
|
|
|
788,412
|
6.2%
|
|
565,475
|
4.7%
|
Interest
Expense
|
|
---
|
---%
|
|
(1,859)
|
0.0%
|
|
|
(19,459)
|
(-0.2)%
|
|
(12,127)
|
(0.1)%
|
Income
Before Taxes
|
|
1,569,342
|
36.7%
|
|
919,819
|
22.6%
|
|
|
4,565,766
|
35.7%
|
|
1,269,080
|
10.5%
|
Provision
for income taxes
|
|
436,422
|
10.2%
|
|
372,527
|
9.2%
|
|
|
1,231,661
|
9.6%
|
|
513,977
|
4.2%
|
Net
Income
|
$
|
1,132,920
|
26.5%
|
$
|
547,292
|
13.4%
|
|
$
|
3,334,105
|
26.1%
|
$
|
755,103
|
6.3%
|
Three Months and Nine months ended
September 30, 2007 and September 30, 2006
Sales
revenue.
Sales revenue was $4,273,737 for the three months
ended September 30, 2007, as compared to $4,075,618 for the three months ended
September 30, 2006, an increase of $198,119, or 4.9%. Sales revenue
was $12,770,294 for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, as compared to
$12,048,954 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, an increase of
$721,340, or 6.0%. This increase was due primarily to the deployment of
additional bingo player units.
For the three
months ended September 30, 2007, the net change in our revenue as a result of
changes in our customer base was an increase in revenue of $103,790 over the
same quarter of the prior year and the net change in revenue as a result of
changes in operations at our existing customer locations was an increase of
revenue of $94,329 over the same quarter of the prior year.
Cost of
revenue.
Cost of revenue was $587,391 for the three months
ended September 30, 2007, as compared to $534,963 for the three months ended
September 30, 2006, an increase of $52,428, or 9.8%. Cost of revenue was
$1,766,398 for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, as compared to
$1,577,146 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, an increase of
$189,252, or 12.0%. The increase in cost of revenue was attributable primarily
to the increase in depreciation, installation and maintenance expenses.
Specifically, the depreciation cost for the three months ended
September 30, 2007 was $450,603 as compared to $445,417 for the three months
ended September 30, 2006. Our installation, maintenance and shipping
expense also increased to $136,788 for the three months ended September 30, 2007
from $89,546 for the three months ended September 30, 2006. This
increase was partially attributable to an increase in the rate of new
installations of bingo equipment in the third quarter of 2007 as compared to the
third quarter of 2006. As a result of this overall increase in costs, our gross
margin decreased slightly to 86.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2007
from 86.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2006.
General and Administrative.
General and administrative expenses were $1,074,328, or 25.1% of revenue,
for the three months ended September 30, 2007 compared to $1,458,483, or 35.8%
of revenue, for the three months ended September 30, 2006, a decrease of
$384,155, or 26.3%. General and administrative expenses were $3,344,880, or
26.2% of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 compared to
$5,406,522, or 44.9% of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, a
decrease of $2,061,642, or 38.1%. This significant decrease in general and
administrative expenses was achieved primarily due to the cessation of costs
associated with the transition of the Company from a privately held entity to a
publicly traded corporation in 2006; the latter costs specifically including
the consulting services previously provided by Spiegel Partners LLC
(with a third quarter 2006 cost of $96,635) and the costs associated with the
stock grants to certain of our executives (in the amount of $677,881) and
payments to our independent directors (in the amount of $25,230). In the quarter
ending September 30, 2007 we had costs associated with stock grants to our
directors in the amount of $16,730. We expect to have costs similar to the
current costs in connection with the stock grants to our directors in the
remaining quarter of 2007. Our litigation and other legal expenses
decreased from $289,162 during the three months ended September 30, 2006 to
$196,177 during the three months ended September 30, 2007 primarily attributable
to reaching a settlement agreement in one of our prior lawsuits.
Sales and
marketing.
Sales and marketing expenses were $1,206,978, or
28.3% of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2007 compared to
$1,290,877, or 31.7% of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2006, a
decrease of $83,899, or 6.5%. However, the overall sales and
marketing expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, were
$3,937,602, or 30.8% of revenue, compared to $3,858,730, or 32.0% of revenue,
for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, an increase of $78,872, or 2.0%.
The decrease for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 was attributable primarily
to the reduction of cost associated with sales and marketing efforts in the
Nevada market due to the addition of non commissionable customers. In addition,
the overall increase for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was primarily
attributable to the expansion of our distribution channel with the deployment of
additional player units.
Research and
development.
Research and development expenses were $117,522,
or 2.8% of revenue, for the three months ended September 30, 2007, compared to
$122,600, or 3.0% of revenue, for the three months ended September 30, 2006, a
decrease of $5,078, or 4.1%. Research and development expenses were $402,342, or
3.2% of revenue, for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, compared to
$490,824, or 4.1% of revenue, for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, a
decrease of $88,482, or 18.0%. The decrease in research and development cost in
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 in comparison with the
research and development expense for the comparable periods in 2006 was the
result of reaching a technological feasibility phase of our mobile gaming
platform necessitating a portion of the overall research and development costs
totaling $249,094 to be capitalized (in the nine months ended September 30,
2007) in accordance with SFAS No. 86,
Accounting for the Costs of Computer
Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed
.
Other income and investment income.
Interest income from investments for the three months ended September 30,
2007 was $273,719 or 6.4% of revenue, compared to $252,983 or 6.2% of revenue,
for the three months ended September 30, 2006, an increase of $20,736, or 8.2%,
primarily the result of having larger principal amounts under investment during
the 2007 periods.
Provision for income
taxes.
An income tax provision of $436,422 with an effective
tax rate of 27.8% was recorded for the three months ended September 30, 2007, as
compared to $372,527 with an effective tax rate of 40.5% for the three months
ended September 30, 2006, an increase of $63,895, or 17.2%. An income tax
provision of $1,231,661 with an effective tax rate of 27.0% was recorded for the
nine months ended September 30, 2007 compared to $513,977 income tax provision
with an effective tax rate of 40.5% for the nine months ended September 30,
2006, an increase of $717,684, or 139.6%. These increases in tax provisions were
primarily due to increases in our taxable income during the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2007. The respective decreases in effective tax
rates are attributable primarily to the increased investment of available liquid
assets into tax exempt instruments.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Since
inception, we have financed our operations primarily with revenue generated from
the leasing of our bingo products. In January 2006 we successfully completed our
initial public offering of our common stock. As of September 30, 2007, our
principal sources of liquidity were cash and cash equivalents and marketable
securities of $28,878,075 and accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful
accounts) of $1,681,875. We anticipate that our leasing revenue, which is our
principal source of revenue today, will be sufficient to fund our operating
expenses in the short term. Long term cash is expected to be generated from
existing operations and also through selling or leasing of our products in new
markets.
We expect to
incur significant additional expenses in connection with the procurement of
equipment and components and the manufacturing of additional stationary and
wireless player terminals to take advantage of business
opportunities. We anticipate that these expenses will consume a
substantial portion, if not all, of our recurring lease
revenues. Except to the extent we become obligated under supply
contracts that we enter into to procure equipment and components, our fixed
payment commitments are limited to our facilities lease.
We believe
that our cash flow from operations will be adequate to meet our anticipated
future requirements for working capital and capital expenditures for the next 12
months and for the foreseeable future. Although no additional capital raise is
currently being contemplated, we may seek, if necessary or otherwise advisable,
additional financing through bank borrowings or public or private debt or equity
financings. Additional financing, if needed, may not be available to us, or, if
available, the financing may not be on terms favorable to us. The terms of any
financing that we may obtain in the future could impose additional limitations
on our operations and management structure. Our estimates of our anticipated
liquidity needs may not be accurate or new business development opportunities or
other unforeseen events may occur, resulting in the need to raise additional
funds.
Summary
of Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow
|
|
Nine
Months
Ended
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
(as
restated)
|
|
|
|
(as
restated)
|
|
Net
cash provided by operating
activities
|
|
$
|
4,874,724
|
|
|
$
|
3,678,682
|
|
Net
cash used in investing
activities
|
|
|
(2,640,457
|
)
|
|
|
(15,420,465
|
)
|
Net
cash provided by in financing
activities
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
23,977,600
|
|
Net
increase in cash and cash
equivalents
|
|
|
2,234,267
|
|
|
|
12,235,817
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents,
beginning
|
|
|
3,493,808
|
|
|
|
511,517
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents,
ending
|
|
$
|
5,728,075
|
|
|
$
|
12,747,334
|
|
Operating
Activities
For the nine
months ended September 30, 2007, net cash of $4,874,724 provided by operating
activities was primarily due to net income of $3,334,105, depreciation and
amortization of $1,402,735, stock issued for services of $152,495 and change in
operating assets and liabilities of $(5,718). In comparison, for the
nine months ended September 30, 2006, net cash of $3,678,682 provided by
operating activities was primarily due to net income of $755,103, depreciation
and amortization of $1,696,974, stock issued for services of $1,099,857 and
change in operating assets and liabilities of $84,431. The increase
in net cash provided by operating activities during the nine months ended
September 30, 2007 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was
primarily due to the increase in operating income for the nine months ending
September 30, 2007.
Investing
Activities (restated)
For the nine
months ended September 30, 2007, $2,640,457 of net cash was used for investing
activities, with $1,240,804 being used to fund the manufacturing of additional
equipment for lease to our customers and $1,224,653 used on other capital
expenditures and $175,000 used for additional investment in marketable
securities.
In
comparison, for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, $15,420,465 of net
cash was used for investing activities, with $1,140,195 being used to fund the
manufacturing of additional equipment for lease to our customers and 1,530,270
was spent on other capital expenditures and $12,750,000 was invested in
marketable securities..
Financing
Activities
For the nine
months ended September 30, 2007, no net cash was provided by financing
activities.
For the nine
months ended September 30, 2006, $24,414,717 of net cash was raised through
financing activities. $24,710,625 was raised through the sale of our stock in
our initial public offering, less costs of issuing stock of in the amount of
$295,908.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
As of
September 30, 2007, we have no off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item
303(a)(4) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation
S-K.
ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT
MARKET RISK
Market risk
is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices,
including interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, credit risk,
commodity prices and equity prices. Our primary exposure to market risk is due
to the fact that certain parts, components and subassemblies for our products
are manufactured outside of the United States, which exposes us to the risk of
foreign currency fluctuations, political and economic instability and diluted
protection of intellectual property. We are most affected by fluctuations in the
value of currencies in southeast Asia. We are also subject to significant credit
risk resulting from the fact that a significant portion of our accounts
receivable are owed to us by relatively few of our customers. One customer made
up 32.4% and 28.7% of rental revenues for the nine months ended September 30,
2007 and 2006, respectively. Furthermore, one other customer made up 12.3% and
8.1% of the accounts receivable balance as of September 30, 2007 and 2006,
respectively. If these few customers
fail to
perform their obligations to us, we may lose a significant portion of our
revenue. We do not require collateral to extend credit to our customers but we
do perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers’ financial
condition.
We are also
exposed to market risk in our holding of marketable securities. Our
primary investment objective is to preserve principal while maximizing yield
without significantly increasing our risk. Our investments consist of non
taxable auction rate securities, or ARS. Our investments totaled $23,150,000 at
September 30, 2007, which were invested in fixed interest
securities.
Due to the
conservative nature of our short-term fixed interest rate investments, we do not
believe that we have a material exposure to interest rate risk.
Our
marketable securities, ARS, are classified as available for sale. The ARS that
we purchase consist of municipal bonds with maturities greater than five years
and have credit ratings of at least AAA, and do not include mortgage-backed
instruments. The auction process for ARS is intended, in part, to provide a
liquid market for these securities. In the event of an auction
failure, the interest rate on the security is reset according to the contractual
terms in the underlying indenture. The funds associated with failed
auctions will not be accessible until a successful auction occurs, the issuer
calls or restructures the underlying security, the underlying security matures
and is paid or a buyer outside the auction process emerges. As of
September 30, 2007, we had not experienced failed auctions of our ARS due to
lack of investor interest.
Subsequent to
the quarter ended September 30, 2007, the auction process for some of our ARS
began to deteriorate, and during the first quarter of 2008, we began to reduce
the principal amount of ARS in our portfolio. Although we did not suffer any
action failures of our ARS during 2007, a few of the ARS we hold experienced
auction failures during the first quarter of 2008. As a result, when we
attempted to liquidate some of our ARS through auction, we were unable to do
so. We believe that the failed auctions that we have
experienced during the first quarter of 2008 are not a result of the
deterioration of the underlying credit quality of these securities, although
valuation of them is subject to uncertainties that are difficult to predict,
such as changes to credit ratings of the securities and/or the underlying assets
supporting them, default rates applicable to the underlying assets, underlying
collateral value, discount rates, counterparty risk and ongoing strength and
quality of market credit and liquidity. We believe that any unrealized gain
or loss associated with these securities will be temporary and will be recorded
in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in our financial
statements.
The credit
and capital markets have continued to deteriorate in 2008. Continuation or
acceleration of instability in these markets and/or deterioration in the ratings
of our investments may affect our ability to liquidate these securities, and
therefore may affect our financial condition, and cash flows. We believe that
based on our cash and cash equivalents balances in the first quarter of 2008,
the current lack of liquidity in the credit and capital markets will not have a
material impact on our liquidity, cash flows, financial flexibility or ability
to fund our obligations.
We continue
to monitor the market for our ARS and consider its impact (if any) on the fair
market value of our investments. If the market conditions of the first quarter
of 2008 continue, in which some auctions for ARS fail, or the anticipated
recovery in market values does not occur, we may be required to record
unrealized losses or impairment charges in 2008. As auctions have closed
successfully in 2008, we have converted our investments in ARS to money market
funds. We believe we will have the ability to hold any ARS for which auctions
fail until the market recovers. We do not anticipate having to sell these
securities in order to operate our business.
ITEM
4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We are
required to maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to
provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our
reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the
Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information
is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosures.
As required
by Rule 13a-15(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act, our management,
with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer, evaluated the design and operating effectiveness as of September 30,
2007, of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e)
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act. Based on this
evaluation our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded
that, as of September 30, 2007, our disclosure controls and procedures were
effective at the reasonable assurance level to enable the company to record,
process, summarize and report information required under the Securities and
Exchange Commission’s rules in a timely fashion.
Subsequently,
we determined that it was necessary to restate our condensed consolidated
financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and
that the condensed consolidated financial statements for those periods should no
longer be relied upon.
These
restatements have no impact on our previously reported revenues, net income,
earnings per share, stockholders’ equity or cash flows from operations shown in
the condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2007.
In connection
with the restatement for the period covered by this report, we carried out an
evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management,
including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the
effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not
effective as of September 30, 2007 because of a material weakness in
an internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)).
We did not
have effective internal control over financial reporting of marketable
securities. Because the auction market had successfully provided liquidity with
respect to our ARS investments during that period, the investments were
perceived to be cash and cash equivalents and not recorded or reported correctly
in accordance Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115
“Accounting for Certain Investments
in Debt and Equity Securities.”
The Company
has remediated this material weakness and prospectively has recorded
and reported investments in marketable securities in accordance Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 115
“Accounting for Certain Investments
in Debt and Equity Securities.”
Changes in Internal
Controls
There were no
significant changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
identified in management’s evaluation during the three months ended September
30, 2007 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Accounting
for Income Taxes
In connection
with the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures at December 31,
2006, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that
there was a significant deficiency in our accounting for income taxes. In
preparation of our tax provision for year ended December 31, 2006, we identified
certain adjustments to our tax liability account and related income tax
provision. All adjustments to correct these matters were reflected in our
consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2006.
The
significant deficiency was attributable primarily to the lack of personnel in
our accounting department to thoroughly perform the necessary checks and
balances for daily and year-end procedures, including the accounting for income
taxes. In 2007, we strengthened our accounting procedures and in October 2007,
we hired additional accounting personnel to further improve the effectiveness of
our accounting procedures.
PART
II OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In March 2006
we commenced a civil action under the federal Racketeer Influenced Corrupt
Organization (RICO) law in the United States District Court of Nevada against
GameTech International Incorporated and its wholly owned subsidiary, GameTech
Arizona Corporation alleging the manufacture and/or sale of gaming products in
Nevada without all required regulatory licenses and approvals to do
so. In this lawsuit, we are seeking unspecific monetary damages and
injunctive relief.
We believe
that the final resolution of any pending litigation, individually or in the
aggregate, is not likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, cash
flow, results of operations or financial position.
We are
occasionally threatened with or named as a defendant in lawsuits arising in the
ordinary course of business, such as personal injury claims and
unemployment-related claims. From time to time, we also prosecute
various collection claims against delinquent customers.
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS
The risk
factors set forth below captioned “
Competition in
the market for electronic bingo products specifically and competition for mobile
gaming devices generally …
”
have been added to the risk
factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006.
The risk
factors set forth below captioned “
Our failure to obtain approvals under
the regulations promulgated under the Nevada Mobile Gaming law ...,
”
“
We operate in a highly
competitive industry …
,” “
Our failure to extend our contracts
with existing
customers and to win new customers
...,
” “
If we are unable
to retain our senior employees …,
” “
A material reduction in the yield on
our investment of the proceeds of our initial public offering …
,” “
Our patents and proprietary rights
may not be enforceable …
” and “
A decline in the popularity of gaming
generally …
” have been materially modified from prior versions of these
risk factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006.
Risks
Relating to Our Business
Our
failure to obtain approvals under the regulations promulgated under the Nevada
Mobile Gaming Law, including the specific approval of the Nevada Gaming
Commission of our mobile gaming devices, would negatively impact our growth
strategy.
Notwithstanding
our receipt of an Operator of Mobile Gaming Systems license issued by the Nevada
Gaming Commission, the regulations promulgated under the Nevada Mobile Gaming
Law require us to obtain specific approval of our mobile gaming devices for use
in Nevada casinos. On July 12, 2007, the Nevada gaming Commission published a
draft of proposed minimum internal control standards, or MICS, applicable
specifically to mobile gaming systems. Our mobile gaming devices must comply
with any formally adopted MICS and any other minimum specifications or
requirements promulgated by applicable regulatory authorities. We
submitted certain of our mobile gaming systems to the Nevada Gaming Control
Board in 2006 and await the decisions of the Nevada Gaming
Commission. In November 2007, we received permission from the Nevada
Gaming Control Board to demonstrate the use of certain of our mobile gaming
systems at the Red Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada during the Global
Gaming Exposition trade show from November 13, 2007 through November 15, 2007.
While we are encouraged by this action, it provides no assurance or certainty as
to the outcome of the currently pending review of certain of our mobile gaming
systems by the Nevada Gaming Control Board or other regulatory authorities, our
mobile gaming systems have not been approved by the Nevada Gaming Commission for
use or play in Nevada. If we are unable to obtain or maintain approval of our
mobile gaming platform as required by the regulations, we will be unable to
manufacture, distribute and operate wireless player terminals that enable casino
players to play casino games in public areas of gaming establishments as
permitted by the Nevada Mobile Gaming Law.
Our
failure to maintain our current licenses and regulatory approvals or failure to
maintain or obtain licenses or approvals for our gaming devices in any
jurisdiction will prevent us from operating in that jurisdiction and possibly
other jurisdictions, leading to reduced overall revenue.
As a
manufacturer, distributor and operator of gaming platforms, we currently hold
licenses in a number of jurisdictions, including Nevada. Our officers, including
our controlling stockholder, Yuri Itkis, are required to obtain and maintain
licenses, permits and other forms of approval in certain jurisdictions. We are
under continuous scrutiny by the applicable regulatory authorities. Our or our
officers’ current regulatory approvals may be revoked, suspended or curtailed at
any time. Our or our officers’ failure to obtain or maintain regulatory approval
in any jurisdiction may prevent us from obtaining or maintaining regulatory
approval in other jurisdictions. The failure to maintain a license in a single
jurisdiction or a denial of a license by any new jurisdiction may cause a
negative “domino effect” in which the loss of a license in one jurisdiction
could lead to regulatory investigation and possible loss of a license in other
jurisdictions.
Some
jurisdictions also require licenses, permits or other forms of approval for
specific gaming devices. If other jurisdictions adopt mobile gaming laws similar
to the Nevada Mobile Gaming Law, these approval requirements may vary from
jurisdiction to jurisdiction. As a general matter, the regulatory approval of
devices involving traditional casino games is more difficult to obtain than
those for bingo products. Some jurisdictions require the regulatory approval of
entities and individuals before the pursuit of regulatory approval of specific
gaming devices, but other jurisdictions allow the pursuit of such regulatory
approvals concurrently. Although we and the individuals associated with us may
obtain regulatory approval in a particular jurisdiction, we may not be able to
manufacture, distribute or operate our mobile gaming platforms in that
jurisdiction without separate and specific regulatory approval of our mobile
gaming platform. Any failure of our gaming platform to meet the requirements for
approval or to obtain the approval in any jurisdiction will cause us to not be
able to distribute our gaming platforms in the jurisdiction.
Our
inability to comply fully, or at all, with the mobile gaming regulations may
result in substantial additional development costs and preclude us from
executing our growth strategy.
The
regulations require that our mobile gaming systems be approved by the Nevada
Gaming Commission before we may distribute these systems to Nevada
casinos. We have submitted certain of our mobile gaming systems to
the Nevada Gaming Commission and await its decisions. The Nevada
Gaming Commission may impose significant requirements on the functionality or
design of mobile gaming systems that may be manufactured, distributed or
operated in Nevada. To the extent that our existing mobile gaming platform may
not comply with such requirements, we would need to undertake additional
research and development activities that may be costly, time consuming or
require the procurement of components that are scarce in supply. Despite
undertaking additional research and development activities, we may not be able
to design or develop a mobile gaming platform that complies with the standards
adopted by the Nevada Gaming Commission, in which case we would be unable to
manufacture, distribute or operate wireless player terminals that enable casino
players to play traditional casino games in the public areas of gaming
establishments permitted under the Nevada Mobile Gaming Law, and therefore be
unable to fully execute our growth strategy.
We
operate in a highly competitive industry and expect the market for mobile gaming
devices to become increasingly competitive, which may negatively affect our
operations and our ability to maintain relationships with gaming
establishments.
The market
for gaming devices generally is intensely competitive, and we expect competition
to increase and intensify as the market for mobile gaming devices develops. We
currently compete with other providers of electronic bingo products, such as
VKGS, LLC, or Video King, formerly a division of BK Entertainment Corp.,
GameTech International, Inc., the recently merged Planet Bingo, LLC and Melange
Computer Services, Inc., Blue Dog, Inc., Electronic Game Solutions, Inc. and
California Concepts, Inc. in the marketing of our BingoStar wireless bingo
systems. Although none of our competitors that manufacture mobile bingo devices
is currently licensed in Nevada to market or sell bingo products, other than
GameTech International, Inc., we may face competition from these providers in
the market for mobile gaming devices in the future. Given the market
penetration, name recognition, marketing resources and familiarity with the
gaming device industry generally, traditional casino game device manufacturers
could be a significant competitive threat to us. We expect fierce competition
from multiple large competitors dominating their respective markets , such as
Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd., International Game Technology, Alliance Gaming
Corporation, WMS Gaming Inc., Progressive Gaming Inc. and Shuffle Master, Inc.,
that may enter the market for mobile gaming devices. In addition, we may in the
future face competition from new entrants into the gaming device market, such as
Cantor Fitzgerald LP, a large financial services company that already offers
wireless sports betting in the United Kingdom, Sona Mobile, Inc. that has
recently been granted an Operator of Mobile Gaming Systems license in Nevada,
and at least two other gaming technology companies, Chimera Technology Corp. and
Diamond I, Inc. Finally, traditional casino operators, most of whom are much
larger than us, may attempt to enter the emerging mobile gaming market. Some of
our competitors and potential competitors have significant advantages over us,
including greater name recognition, longer operating histories, pre-existing
relationships with current or potential customers, proprietary technology,
significantly greater financial, marketing and other resources and more readily
available access to capital that could allow them to respond more quickly to new
or changing opportunities.
Competition
in the market for electronic bingo products specifically and competition for
mobile gaming devices generally may result in reductions in the prices at which
we provide our products to gaming establishments.
Other
providers of electronic bingo products have in the past reduced, and may in the
future continue to reduce, the prices of their products to gaming establishments
in order to win those gaming establishments as customers and to gain market
share. In order to retain existing customers or win new customers, we may be
forced to reduce our prices or provide other incentives to gaming
establishments. To the extent that competitive pressures force us to reduce our
prices or provide other incentives to establish or maintain relationships with
gaming establishments, our business and operating results could be adversely
affected.
Our
failure to extend our contracts with existing customers and to win new customers
would negatively impact our operations.
All of our
lease contracts relate to our electronic bingo products. In 2006 we derived
99.7% of our revenues and cash flow from our portfolio of contracts to lease
electronic bingo products to gaming establishments, such as casinos, and bingo
halls. Our contracts are typically for a term ranging from one to three years in
duration and several are on a month-to-month basis. Not all of our contracts
preclude our customers from using bingo devices of our competitors. Upon the
expiration of one of our contracts, a gaming establishment may award a contract
through a competitive procurement process, in which we may be unsuccessful in
winning the new contract or forced to reduce the price that we charge the gaming
establishment in order to renew our contract. In addition, some of our contracts
permit gaming establishments to terminate the contract at any time for our
failure to perform and for other specified reasons. The termination of or
failure to renew or extend one or more of our contracts, or the renewal or
extension of one or more of our contracts on materially altered terms could,
depending upon the circumstances, have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition, results and prospects.
We derive a
substantial portion of our revenue from direct sales to our customers, or house
accounts, which we service ourselves, without any involvement of outside
distributors. Although such accounts typically involve higher profit margins,
the competition for these accounts is very keen. We typically negotiate one to
three year, automatically renewable leases for our bingo units with our direct
customers. The house account contracts tend to be challenging to maintain and
enforce, especially those with tribal gaming operators, and therefore, we may
not be able to retain lucrative house accounts indefinitely. A loss of any such
account may have a severe negative impact on our revenue.
If
we are unable to retain our senior employees, or replace them with similarly
skilled or experienced replacements, or attract other key personnel, our
operations may suffer.
Our future
success depends to a significant degree on the skills, experience and efforts of
our key personnel. We depend heavily on the ability and experience of a small
number of senior executives who have substantial experience with our operations
and the electronic gaming device industry, including Yuri Itkis, our founder,
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman; William Jacques, our Chief Financial
Officer and Controller; Jack Coronel, our Chief Marketing Officer and Director
of Compliance and Strategic Development; and Boris Itkis, our Chief Technical
Officer and Vice President of Engineering. The loss of any of these senior
executives without the corresponding hiring of similarly skilled or experienced
replacements or the failure of any of these senior executives to obtain or
maintain the requisite regulatory licenses, permits or determination of
suitability could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Changes in licensed positions must be reported to the Nevada
gaming authorities and, in addition to their authority to deny an application
for a finding of suitability or licensing, the Nevada gaming authorities may
disapprove a change in a corporate position, such as a change in job title or
substantive job responsibilities. Any such disapproval would prevent us from
redeploying our senior executive talent in new functional roles even if
management desires to do so.
Our future
success depends upon our ability to attract, train and retain key marketing and
customer support personnel and key managers as we further develop our products
and as we enter new markets and expand in existing markets. In particular in
connection with the audit of our financial statements for 2006, our independent
registered public accounting firm identified a significant deficiency in our
internal control over financial reporting arising from the then current level of
staffing in our accounting department; although we have recently hired
additional accounting personnel, in the future, we may not be able to augment
our current level of staffing with qualified individuals on a timely basis. Due
to licensing requirements of these personnel that may be imposed by gaming
authorities, our pool of potential employees may be more limited than in other
industries. Competition for individuals with the skills required is intense, and
we may not be successful in recruiting such personnel. In addition, we may not
be able to retain such individuals as they may leave our company and go to work
for our competitors. If we are unable to attract or retain key personnel, our
business, financial condition and operating results could be materially
adversely affected.
If
other gaming jurisdictions do not adopt mobile gaming legislation similar to the
Nevada Mobile Gaming Law, or on any terms at all, we will be unable to implement
our growth strategy outside of Nevada.
Our ability
to execute fully our growth strategy in jurisdictions other than Nevada depends
upon other gaming jurisdictions adopting mobile gaming legislation involving
traditional casino games. Currently, Nevada is the first and the only state to
enact legislation authorizing mobile gaming for traditional casino games.
Although we are not aware of any tribal gaming authority that has specifically
prohibited mobile casino gaming involving traditional casino games, we are also
not aware of any that have specifically and formally approved it, even though
many tribal gaming authorities in practice allow mobile bingo gaming. The
adoption of gaming legislation can be affected by a variety of political, social
and public policy forces and gaming jurisdictions other than Nevada may not
adopt mobile gaming legislation involving traditional casino games in the
foreseeable future. To the extent that other jurisdictions do adopt mobile
gaming legislation involving traditional casino games, we may not be able to
comply fully with the legislation without incurring substantial additional
development costs, or at all. If we are required to modify our mobile gaming
platform to comply with such potential legislation, we may suffer the increased
costs of maintaining multiple variants of our mobile gaming platform to comply
with the differing legislation of different jurisdictions. If other gaming
jurisdictions fail to adopt mobile gaming legislation involving traditional
casino games or we are unable to comply with such legislation without
substantial additional costs, we may be unable to execute our growth
strategy.
Our
failure to obtain gaming licenses or other regulatory approvals in other
jurisdictions would preclude us from expanding our operations into and
generating revenue from these jurisdictions.
The
manufacture and distribution of gaming devices are subject to extensive federal,
state, local and tribal regulation. Some jurisdictions require licenses, permits
and other forms of approval for gaming devices. Most jurisdictions require
licenses, permits or other forms of approval of the manufacturers, distributors
and operators of gaming devices, including evidence of financial stability, and
of the suitability of their officers, directors, significant stockholders and
key employees. The regulatory agencies conduct in-depth investigations of gaming
device manufacturer licensees as well as detailed personal background checks of
key employees and major stockholders of the licensees. Obtaining requisite
approvals of state and tribal gaming authorities is a time-consuming and costly
process. Even after incurring significant time and expense in seeking regulatory
approvals, we may not be able to obtain them. Our failure or the failure of our
officers, directors, major stockholders or key personnel to obtain regulatory
approval in any jurisdiction will prevent us from distributing our products and
generating revenue in that jurisdiction.
Our
failure to properly manage growth would adversely affect our business
operations.
In order to
implement our business strategy, we must effectively manage rapid growth in our
manufacturing, sales and customer support operations. This rapid growth will
strain our existing management, financial and other resources. To manage any
future growth effectively, we will have to expand our management team, integrate
new personnel and augment our marketing and production capabilities. To rapidly
produce large volumes of wireless gaming terminals, we will have to formulate
and implement design, production planning, manufacturing and quality assurance
plans that are unlike those we have used in the past. These plans may strain our
manufacturing and industrial engineering capabilities and resources. Rapid
growth would also require us to improve our financial, accounting and
operational systems and controls. Expansion into new geographic areas would
further strain our limited operational and marketing resources. If we are unable
to effectively manage our growth, we may fail to execute our business strategy
and our operations and financial results may be adversely affected.
A
material reduction in the yield on our investment of the proceeds of our initial
public offering and our retained earnings could materially and adversely affect
our net income and earnings per share.
Because we
have not yet begun full-scale production of mobile gaming devices under the
Nevada Mobile Gaming Law, we have invested the bulk of the proceeds of our
initial public offering and the bulk of our retained earnings. Our net income
and earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the quarter
ended September 30, 2007 depended substantially on the yield that we achieved on
these investments. Approximately 28% of our income before tax during 2006 and
17% of our income before tax during the quarter ended September 30, 2007
resulted from these investments. Although we have invested these proceeds in
relatively conservative investments, there can be no assurance that we will
continue to enjoy the same yields on these investments as we did during 2006.
Moreover, there can be no assurance that these investments will continue to
generate a positive yield. Assuming no other changes in our sources
of revenues, any decrease in the yield on these investments, and any
loss on these investments, would directly reduce our revenues.
Losing
any of our small number of independent distributors upon whom we depend for a
significant portion of our revenue would negatively impact our
operations.
We are
dependent upon a small number of independent distributors to market and sell our
products to casinos and bingo halls. For the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006, approximately 58.6% of our revenues were derived through nine
distributors. During the same period, we derived approximately 32.7% of our
revenue from our single largest distributor. Due to our payment of commissions
to distributors, our customer contracts derived from distributors generate lower
profit margins than our contracts derived from direct sales, or house accounts.
Because we do not directly control our distributors or their customer intake
practices, contracts with customers derived from distributors may be susceptible
to higher default rates and lower profit margins than our house
accounts.
Some of our
distributors are not contractually prohibited from marketing or selling products
of our competitors. Our contracts with our distributors typically cover one to
three year terms and are automatically renewed for one year unless terminated
upon the expiration of the then current term. Upon the expiration of a contract
term, we may not be able to renew any of these contracts on terms that are
favorable to us, or at all. Our competitors may provide incentives to our
distributors to market and sell their products in addition to or in lieu of
ours. The loss of any of our distributors may result in a material reduction in
our revenue, resulting in a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
Difficulties
with the limited number of manufacturers and suppliers upon whom we rely for
components of our products would negatively impact our production capacity,
customer relationships and operations.
We purchase
most of the parts, components and subassemblies necessary for the manufacture of
our products from outside sources. We assemble these parts, components and
subassemblies into finished products in our manufacturing facility. While most
of the parts, components and subassemblies are produced by more than one
manufacturer and can be purchased through more than one supplier, we currently
rely upon approximately 12 vendors from whom we purchase substantially all of
our components. We currently obtain the touch screens for our wireless gaming
terminals from a single supplier. While changing suppliers for this component is
not impossible, doing so would require significant time and effort on the part
of our engineering and management teams and may cause us to miss revenue
generating opportunities until we are able to obtain touch screen monitors from
a new supplier. In addition, the supplies of the central processing units,
memory and peripheral drives for our mobile gaming platforms are often uncertain
and subject to significant backlogs from time to time due to spikes in general
demand for such products. We compete with other companies for the production
capacity of third party manufacturers and suppliers of these and other
components. Certain of these competing companies have substantially greater
financial and other resources than we have and thus we may be at a competitive
disadvantage in seeking to procure production capacity.
To procure
certain parts, components and subassemblies, we sometimes commit to supply
contracts in which we commit to purchase large quantities over extended periods
of time. By doing so, we are exposed to a number of risks. If the market prices
of these components drop below the prices at which we are committed to purchase
them, our purchase commitments may preclude us from taking advantage of
reductions in market prices. If the components are surpassed by superior
technology that becomes available after we make our purchase commitments, our
purchase commitments may preclude us from taking advantage of technological
advancements. If a change in the design or specifications of our products
results in a substitution or elimination of a component, we may be forced to
write off a substantial quantity of obsolete inventory of components or to sell
such components in the open market at a loss.
Our inability
to contract with third-party manufacturers and suppliers to provide a sufficient
supply of our components on acceptable terms and on a timely basis could
negatively impact our relationships with customers and materially and adversely
harm our business. For those components that we procure under supply contracts,
if any of such supply contracts were to be terminated or breached, we may not be
able to procure an alternate supply on terms as favorable to us in time, or at
all. We may suffer lengthy delays in our manufacturing process while we seek to
procure an alternate supply. A delay in our ability to manufacture products may
adversely affect our goodwill with customers, expose us to liability to
customers and result in the loss of business opportunities. Any alternate supply
of parts, components or subassemblies may be more expensive to us or may require
us to undertake additional engineering activities to integrate the alternate
supply into our products or manufacturing process.
Certain
parts, components and subassemblies for our products are manufactured outside of
the United States, which exposes us to the risks of foreign currency
fluctuations, political and economic instability and limited protection of
intellectual property.
If
our wireless gaming terminals do not achieve and maintain widespread acceptance
by gaming establishments and casino patrons as a means to play traditional
casino games, our business operations will not grow.
Our current
business depends on the preferences of gaming establishment players that play
bingo games, and our growth strategy depends on the preferences of gaming
establishment players that play traditional casino games, such as poker, keno
and slots. The tastes and preferences of players of bingo and traditional casino
games are known to change over time. If the bingo games or traditional casino
games that we enable gaming establishment players to play using our wireless
gaming terminals do not appeal to players to the degree anticipated, our mobile
gaming platforms will not be fully utilized and our business will
suffer.
The success
of our growth strategy will depend to a large extent on broad market acceptance
of our wireless gaming terminals among casinos and their players who play
traditional casino games. The only market acceptance that our wireless gaming
terminals currently enjoy is as a means to play bingo games electronically. Even
if we are successful in deploying mobile gaming platforms that enable casino
players to play traditional casino games, gaming establishments and their
players may still not use our wireless gaming terminals for a number of reasons,
including preference for live dealers, preference to play casino games in a
traditional environment using traditional equipment, mistrust of technology and
perceived lack of reliability. We believe that the acceptance of our wireless
gaming terminals by gaming establishments and their players will depend on our
ability to demonstrate the economic and other benefits of our products to gaming
establishments, casino players becoming comfortable with using our wireless
gaming terminals, the attractiveness of the casino games that players can play
using our wireless gaming terminals, ease of use, and the reliability of the
hardware and software that comprise our mobile gaming platforms.
Initially, we
intend to offer our customers equipment lease agreements under which we will
lease our wireless gaming terminals and the associated equipment. However, if
and when market acceptance of our wireless gaming platforms has been
established, we may be required to sell wireless gaming platforms to customers
rather than lease them because of the prevailing practices of casino operators
to purchase rather than lease equipment. However, if our wireless gaming
terminals fail to quickly achieve market acceptance as a means to play
traditional casino games, our customers may not renew their leases or may not
purchase our mobile gaming platforms, which would have a material adverse effect
on our business, financial condition and results of operation.
Any
change in our business model from the lease of wireless gaming terminals to the
sale of gaming terminals may result in an eventual reduction of our
revenues.
We currently
derive substantially all of our revenues by leasing our wireless gaming
terminals and associated equipment to our gaming establishment customers. If and
when market acceptance of our wireless gaming terminals is established, our
gaming establishment customers may prefer to purchase our wireless gaming
terminals rather than lease them. If we sell our wireless gaming terminals in
the future, we must price them in a manner that reflects the ongoing lease
revenues that leasing them generates. If we are unable to sell our wireless
gaming terminals for a sales price in excess of the lease revenues that we would
otherwise receive, our revenues may eventually decline.
Our
failure to comply with tribal regulation and tribal laws would preclude us from
operating in tribal jurisdictions and deriving revenue from operations in tribal
jurisdictions.
We are
required to obtain licenses and approvals from tribal authorities in order to
operate in tribal jurisdictions. When seeking approvals from or licensing with
tribal-owned or tribal-controlled gaming establishments, we become subject to
tribal laws and regulations. These laws and regulations may differ materially
from the non-tribal laws and regulations under which we generally operate. A
change in tribal laws and regulations or our inability to obtain required
licenses of our gaming platforms or licenses to operate on tribal lands could
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and
operating results.
We
may not be able to enforce our contractual rights against tribal governments or
entities, which may negatively impact our operations.
In addition
to tribal gaming regulations that may require us to provide disclosures or
obtain licenses or permits to conduct our business on tribal lands, we may also
become subject to tribal laws that govern our contracts. These tribal governing
laws may not provide us with processes, procedures and remedies that enable us
to enforce our rights as effectively and advantageously as the processes,
procedures and remedies that would be afforded to us under non-tribal laws, or
to enforce our rights at all. Many tribal laws permit redress to a tribal
adjudicatory body to resolve disputes; however, such redress is largely untested
in our experience and tribal judiciaries are not always independent. We may be
precluded from enforcing our rights against a tribal body under the legal
doctrine of sovereign immunity. Our inability to enforce our contract rights
under tribal law could negatively impact our operations.
Disrupted
operation of our server-based gaming systems caused by the network
infrastructure of the casinos in which they are installed would cause
dissatisfaction among customers and gaming establishments and may harm our
operating results.
We expect to
enter into agreements with customers that operate casinos and bingo halls in
more than one location. In such cases, we anticipate that our agreements with
such customers will provide that the customer will be responsible for providing,
at its expense, a dedicated high-speed computer network connection between our
server-based gaming systems in the various locations operated by the customer to
a remote central gaming server supporting such systems. Failures or disruptions
of a customer’s dedicated high-speed connection that result in the stoppage of
play or in reduced performance of our server-based gaming system could disrupt
players’ gaming experience, adversely affect the casinos’ or bingo halls’
satisfaction with our gaming devices, delay market acceptance of our mobile
gaming platforms and harm our reputation, business, operating results and
financial condition. In addition, our customers have to reserve, for our
exclusive use, certain radio frequency, or RF, channels of adequate capacity to
accommodate reliable and expedient wireless communication between our wireless
player terminals and central game file servers.
We
expect to spend substantial amounts on research and development, but these
efforts may fail or lead to operational problems that could negatively impact
our operations.
In order to
compete effectively in an era of technological changes, we must continuously
enhance our existing products and develop, introduce and market new products and
services. As a result, we expect, as needed, to continue to make a significant
investment in product development. Our development of products is dependent on
factors such as assessing market trends and demands and obtaining requisite
governmental approvals. Although we are pursuing and will continue to pursue
product development opportunities, we may fail to develop any new products or
services or enhancements to existing products. Even if new products or services
are developed, these products or services may not prove to be commercially
viable, or we may not be able to obtain the various gaming licenses and
approvals necessary to manufacture and distribute these products or provide
these services to our customers. We may experience operational problems with
such products after commercial introduction that could delay or defeat the
ability of such products to generate revenue or operating profits. Future
operational problems could increase our costs, delay our plans or adversely
affect our reputation or our sales of other products, which, in turn, could
materially adversely affect our success. We cannot predict which of the many
possible future products will meet evolving industry standards and casino or
player demands.
Changes
in technology may make our inventory obsolete and cause significant
losses.
Future
technological advances in the gaming equipment market may result in the
availability of new products or increase the efficiency of existing products. We
may not be able to adapt to such technological changes. If a technology becomes
available that is more cost-effective or creates a superior product, we may be
unable to access such technology or its use may involve substantial capital
expenditures that we may be unable to finance. Existing, proposed or as yet
undeveloped technologies may render our technology less viable, less profitable
or obsolete. We may not have available the financial and other resources to
compete effectively against companies possessing such technologies. If we were
to fail to develop our product and service offerings to take advantage of
technological developments, we may fall behind our competitors and our business,
financial condition, results and prospects could suffer. If technological
advances render our current inventory of products obsolete, we may suffer
significant revenue losses and write-downs of our assets.
Defects
in, and fraudulent manipulation of, our gaming platforms could reduce our
revenue, increase our costs, burden our engineering and marketing resources,
involve us in litigation and adversely affect our gaming licenses.
The real and
perceived integrity and security of mobile gaming is critical to its ability to
attract players. We strive to set exacting standards of system security for the
systems that we provide to gaming establishments, and our reputation in this
regard is an important factor in our business dealings with our customers and
regulators, such as the Nevada Gaming Commission and other governmental
agencies. For this reason, an actual or alleged system security defect or
failure attributable to us could have a material adverse effect upon our
business, financial condition, results and prospects, including our ability to
retain existing contracts or obtain new contracts.
Our success
will depend on our ability to avoid, detect and correct software and hardware
defects and prevent fraudulent manipulation of our mobile gaming platforms.
Although our mobile gaming platforms are subject to rigorous internal testing
and will be subject to additional testing by regulators in certain gaming
jurisdictions, we may not be able to build and maintain products that are free
from defects or manipulations and that satisfy these tests. Although we have
taken rigorous steps to prevent defects and manipulations, our gaming platforms
could suffer from such defects and manipulation after they are put into
operation.
Although we
do not believe it is likely, it is possible that an individual could breach the
security systems of a casino or bingo hall, gain access to the central game file
server on which our server-based mobile gaming platform operates and
fraudulently manipulate its operations. The occurrence of such fraudulent
manipulation or of defects or malfunctions could result in financial losses for
our customers and, in turn, termination of leases, cancellation of orders,
product returns and diversion of our resources. Even if our customers do not
suffer financial losses, casinos and bingo halls may replace our gaming
platforms if they do not perform according to expectations. Any of these
occurrences could also result in the loss of or delay in market acceptance of
our server-based gaming platform and loss of licenses, leases and
sales.
In addition,
the occurrence of defects in, or fraudulent manipulation of, our gaming
platforms may give rise to claims for lost revenue and related litigation by our
gaming establishment customers and may subject us to investigation or other
disciplinary action by regulatory authorities that could include suspension or
revocation of our regulatory approvals.
Improper
conduct of our employees could harm our reputation and adversely affect our
business operations.
The real and
perceived integrity and security of mobile gaming is critical to its ability to
attract players. We strive to set exacting standards of personal integrity for
our employees and reliable security for the gaming platforms that we provide to
our customers, and our reputation in this regard is an important factor in our
business dealings with Nevada Gaming Commission and other governmental agencies.
For this reason, any allegation or a finding of improper conduct on our part, or
on the part of one or more of our employees, or an actual or alleged security
defect with our gaming platform or failure attributable to us, could have a
material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition, results and
prospects, including our ability to retain existing contracts or obtain new or
renewal contracts, or the loss of gaming licenses or other regulatory
approvals.
Possible
future acquisitions could prove difficult to integrate, disrupt our business,
dilute stockholder value and strain our resources.
As part of
our business strategy, we may seek to acquire businesses, services and
technologies that we believe could complement or expand our business, augment
our market coverage, enhance our technical capabilities, provide us with
valuable customer contacts or otherwise offer growth opportunities. If we fail
to achieve the anticipated benefits of any acquisitions we may complete, our
business, operating results, financial condition and prospects may be impaired.
Acquisitions and investments involve numerous risks, including:
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Acquisitions
also frequently result in recording of goodwill and other intangible assets,
which are subject to potential impairments in the future that could harm our
operating results. In addition, if we finance acquisitions by issuing
convertible debt or equity securities, our existing stockholders may be diluted.
Such dilution could adversely affect the market price of our stock. It is also
possible that at some point in the future we may decide to enter new markets,
thus subjecting ourselves to new risks associated with those
markets.
Our
patents and proprietary rights may not be enforceable, may not be cost effective
to enforce or may not provide significant competitive advantage, which could
negatively impact our operations.
Our success
depends to a significant degree upon protecting our intellectual property
rights. We have three United States patents relating to our products and
corresponding patents in certain foreign countries. Of the three patents, two
expire in 2010 and one expires in 2012. The patents that we own now or in the
future may not provide us with significant competitive advantages or may be
impaired by challenges to the validity or enforceability of such patents. For
example, in the past the validity of one of our patents has been repeatedly
challenged. Others may independently develop similar or more advanced
technologies or products or design around aspects of our technology that may be
patented.
It is
possible that third parties may copy or otherwise obtain and use our information
and proprietary technology without our authorization or otherwise infringe on
our intellectual property rights. We may have to rely on litigation to enforce
our intellectual property rights and contractual rights. For example, we have
pursued a patent infringement action in the past to discontinue what we believed
to be infringement of our rights arising under our patents. If, in the future,
we pursue patent infringement actions, the defendants in those actions may
counterclaim that our patents are invalid. If these counterclaims are
successful, our patents may be invalidated or limited in scope or we may be
forced to modify or discontinue our operations or pay substantial damages. If
litigation that we initiate is unsuccessful, we may not be able to protect the
value of our intellectual property and our business could be adversely
affected.
We have
patent applications that are currently pending before the United States Patent
and Trademark Office. These patent applications may not result in any patents
being issued. If these patent applications do not become issued patents, our
competitors would not be prevented from using these inventions described in the
applications.
In addition,
we may face claims of infringement that could interfere with our ability to use
technology or other intellectual property rights that are material to our
business operations. If a claim of infringement against us is successful, we may
be required to pay royalties to use technology or other intellectual property
rights that we had been using or we may be required to enter into a license
agreement and pay license fees, or we may be required to stop using the
technology or other intellectual property rights that we had been using. We may
be unable to obtain necessary licenses from third parties at a reasonable cost
or within a reasonable time. Any litigation of this type, whether successful or
unsuccessful, could result in substantial costs to us and diversions of our
resources.
In addition,
we may not be able to deter current and former employees, consultants, and other
parties from breaching confidentiality agreements with us and misappropriating
proprietary information from us. If we are unable to adequately protect our
intellectual property, it could have a material adverse effect on the value of
our intellectual property, our reputation, our business and our operating
results.
We
may not be able to obtain additional financing if required, which could harm our
operations and ability to generate revenue.
Our ability
to manufacture our gaming platforms on a large scale may require us to obtain
additional financing necessary for the manufacture of such hardware components
and expansion of our inventory. The net proceeds that we have received from the
sale of the shares of common stock in our initial public offering together with
revenue that we generate from operations may not be sufficient to execute our
growth strategy.
If we are
unable to generate sufficient revenue or if our working capital and
manufacturing capacity is not capable of keeping up with demand, we will need to
seek additional equity or debt financing to provide the capital required to
maintain or expand our production capabilities. We may not be able to obtain
needed additional equity or debt financing on terms that are favorable to us, or
at all. If we are able to obtain such financing, existing stockholders may
suffer dilution and the equity or debt securities issued to raise such financing
may have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of existing
stockholders. If we require, but are unable to obtain, sufficient additional
financing in the future we may be unable to implement our business plan, respond
to changing business or economic conditions, withstand adverse operating results
and compete effectively. More importantly, if we are unable to raise further
financing when and if required, our continued operations may have to be scaled
down or even ceased and our ability to generate revenues would be materially
impaired.
Our
inability to lease suitable facilities may harm, delay or prevent our
operations.
The long term
lease for our Las Vegas, Nevada facility, which is our only facility, expires in
December 2010. This facility provides us with a convenient central location from
which to service our customers. We may not be able to extend the lease on its
current terms or, if required, locate new adequate manufacturing facilities on
commercially reasonable terms or at all.
Risks
Relating to Our Industry
A
decline in the popularity of gaming generally, or a decline in the popularity of
bingo or the traditional casino games we intend to offer on our mobile gaming
platform specifically, could reduce the demand for our products.
We provide
mobile gaming platforms to gaming establishments to enable players to play bingo
in several jurisdictions, including Nevada, and traditional casino games on
cruise lines. When legally permitted, we intend to provide mobile gaming
platforms to enable players to play traditional casino games using our wireless
player terminals in Nevada. As a result, our business depends on consumer demand
for the games that we enable. Gaming is a discretionary leisure activity, and
participation in discretionary leisure activities has in the past, and may in
the future, decline during economic downturns because consumers have less
disposable income. Therefore, during periods of economic contraction, our
revenue may decrease while some of our costs remain fixed, resulting in
decreased earnings. Gaming activity may also decline based on changes in
consumer confidence related to general economic conditions or outlook, fears of
war, future acts of terrorism, or other factors. A reduction in tourism could
also result in a decline in gaming activity. Finally, a legislature or
regulatory authority may prohibit all or some gaming activities all together in
its jurisdiction. A decline in gaming activity as a result of these or any other
factors would have a material adverse effect on our business and operating
results.
Changes in
consumer preferences could also harm our business. Gaming competes with other
leisure activities as a form of consumer entertainment, and may lose popularity
as new leisure activities arise or as other leisure activities become more
popular. In addition, gaming in traditional gaming establishments competes with
Internet-based gaming for gaming players, and we do not serve the Internet
gaming market. The popularity and acceptance of gaming is also influenced by the
prevailing social mores, and changes in social mores could result in reduced
acceptance of gaming as a leisure activity. To the extent that the popularity or
acceptance of gaming in traditional gaming establishments declines as a result
of either of these factors, the demand for our gaming platforms may decline and
our business may be adversely affected.
Expansion
of the gaming industry faces opposition that could limit our access to some
markets and impair our growth.
We expect a
substantial portion of our future growth to result from the general expansion of
the gaming industry. The expansion of gaming activities in new markets can be
very controversial and may depend heavily on the support of national, local and
tribal governments. Changes in government leadership, failure to obtain
requisite voter support in referenda, failure of legislators to enact enabling
legislation and limitations on the volume of gaming activity that is permitted
in particular jurisdictions may prevent us from expanding our operations into
new markets. A failure by the gaming industry to expand at the rate that we
expect could have a material adverse effect on our business, growth rates,
financial condition and operating results.
Gaming
opponents continue to persist in efforts to curtail the expansion of legalized
gaming. Unfavorable public referendums, anti-gaming legislation or unfavorable
legislation affecting or directed at manufacturers or operators of gaming
products may materially and adversely impair our business and growth prospects.
Gaming opponents may be successful in preventing the legalization of mobile
gaming in jurisdictions where mobile gaming may be presently prohibited or in
limiting the expansion of mobile gaming where it is currently permitted, in
either case to the detriment of our business, financial condition, results and
prospects.
Future
acts of terrorism, as well as other factors affecting discretionary consumer
spending and air travel, may impact our industry and may harm our operating
results.
Future
terrorist attacks similar to those of September 11, 2001, may have a significant
impact on the travel and tourism industries upon which the gaming industry, and
we in turn, depend. In general, our Nevada-based gaming establishment customers
are adversely affected by disruptions in air travel, regardless of cause.
Although, our gaming establishment customers in markets outside of Nevada, which
are not as dependent on air travel, may not experience as much business
disruption, the potential for future terrorist attacks, the national and
international responses to terrorist attacks and other acts of war or hostility
have created many economic and political uncertainties that could adversely
affect our business and results of operations. Future acts of terror in the
United States or an outbreak of hostilities involving the United States may
reduce players’ willingness to travel, with the result that our operations will
suffer. The amounts that our customers pay to us are based on usage of our
devices. Accordingly, reduced usage results in reduced payments to us. Although
the revenue we generate from our gaming devices may decline as a result of
reductions in air travel or consumer
spending, our
contracts do not generally provide our customers with the right to terminate
their contracts with us as a result of reductions in air travel or consumer
spending.
We
operate our business in regions subject to natural disasters and other severe
catastrophic events, including hurricanes. We have suffered casualty losses as a
result of natural disasters (e.g. Hurricane Katrina), and any disruption to our
business resulting from natural disasters will adversely affect our revenue and
results of operations.
The strength
and profitability of our business depends on player demand for our products at
gaming establishments. The impact of natural disasters, the outbreak of
infectious diseases and other factors affecting discretionary consumer spending
could negatively affect gaming activity and consequently, the demand for and use
of our products at affected gaming establishments. Disruptions of gaming
establishment operations, as a result of natural disasters and other
catastrophic events beyond our control, would also reduce the number of gaming
establishments that offer our products.
We operate
our business primarily through gaming platforms, including wireless and
stationary player terminals, cashier-based POS terminals and self-service POS
kiosks, used by players at gaming establishments and bingo halls. Accordingly, a
substantial portion of our physical assets are in locations beyond our direct
control, including areas of Louisiana that sustained major damage as a result of
Hurricane Katrina. Generally, our business may also be adversely affected by any
damage to or loss of equipment that we install at gaming establishments
resulting from theft, vandalism, terrorism, flood, fire or any other natural
disaster. Our insurance may not be adequate to recover our losses from these
events. The amounts that our customers pay to us are based on usage of our
devices. Accordingly, reduced usage results in reduced payments to us. Although
the revenue we generate from our gaming devices may decline as a result of a
natural disaster, our contracts do not generally provide our customers with the
right to terminate their contracts with us as a result of a natural
disaster.
Beneficial
holders of our securities are subject to regulation by the Nevada gaming
authorities, which may result in required applications for license, findings of
suitability and mandatory redemption of shares.
Because we
are a registered company under the Nevada Gaming Control Act, any person who
acquires five percent or more of any class of our voting securities is required
to report the acquisition to the Nevada Gaming Commission. The Nevada Gaming
Control Act requires any person who acquires 10 percent or more of our voting
securities to apply to the Nevada Gaming Commission for a finding of suitability
within 30 days after the Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board mails a
written notice requiring the filing. If such person fails or refuses to apply
for a finding of suitability or license within 30 days after being ordered to do
so by the Nevada gaming authorities, or if such person refuses or fails to pay
the investigative costs incurred by the Nevada gaming authorities in connection
with such person’s application, the person may be found unsuitable. The same
restrictions apply to the owner of record if the owner of record, after request,
fails to identify the beneficial owner. Any person found unsuitable and who
holds any voting security may be guilty of a criminal offense. We will be
subject to disciplinary action if, after we receive notice that a person is
unsuitable to hold an equity interest or to have any other relationship with us,
we:
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pay
that person any dividend upon any voting securities;
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allow
that person to exercise, directly or indirectly, any voting right relating
to us held by the person;
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pay
remuneration in any form to that person for services rendered or
otherwise; or
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fail to
pursue all lawful efforts to require the unsuitable person to relinquish
such person’s voting securities including, if necessary, the immediate
purchase of the voting securities for cash at fair market
value.
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Our Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation provide that persons who acquire five
percent or more of the beneficial ownership of our outstanding capital stock
notify us and consent to any background investigation or other requirements
imposed by any gaming authority. Our Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation also provide for mandatory redemption of its shares if the
beneficial owner fails to comply with any applicable gaming law
requirements.
Certain
Nevada statutes have potential anti-takeover effects that could delay or prevent
a change in control of our company and depress the price of our common
stock.
Nevada
statutes regulating business combinations, takeovers and control share
acquisitions may hinder or delay a change in control of our company. In
addition, under Nevada law, any change of control of our company must also be
approved by the Nevada gaming authorities. Other jurisdictions may have similar
requirements. These statutes could limit the price that investors might be
willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock and may limit our
stockholders’ ability to receive a premium on their shares by discouraging
takeovers and tender offer bids, even if such events could be viewed as
beneficial by our stockholders.
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
See
Exhibit Index.
Exhibit
Index
Number
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Description
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3
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.1
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Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation of FortuNet, Inc.
(2)
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3
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.2
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Amended
and Restated Bylaws of FortuNet, Inc.
(3)
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4
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.1
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Form of
Certificate Representing Common Stock, $.001 Par Value Per Share, of
FortuNet, Inc.
(2)
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10
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.1*
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Exempt
Employment Agreement between FortuNet, Inc. and Jack B. Coronel, dated as
of September 9, 2002
(1)
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10
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.2*
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Amendment
No. 1 to Exempt Employment Agreement between FortuNet, Inc. and Jack
B. Coronel, dated as of September 9, 2002
(1)
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10
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.3*
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Amendment
No. 2 to Exempt Employment Agreement between FortuNet, Inc. and Jack B.
Coronel, dated as of July 6, 2006
(6)
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10
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.4*
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Amendment
No. 3 to Exempt Employment Agreement between FortuNet, Inc. and Jack B.
Coronel, dated as of April 1, 2007
(5)
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10
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.5*
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Exempt
Employment Agreement between FortuNet, Inc. and William R.
Jacques, Jr., dated as of January 10, 2005
(1)
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10
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.6*
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Amendment
No. 1 to Exempt Employment Agreement between FortuNet, Inc. and William R.
Jacques, Jr., dated as of July 6, 2006
(6)
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10
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.7*
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Amendment
No. 2 to Exempt Employment Agreement between FortuNet, Inc. and William R.
Jacques, Jr., dated as of April 1, 2007
(5)
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10
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.8*
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FortuNet,
Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(2)
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10
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.9*
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FortuNet,
Inc. 2005 Stock Option Plan for Independent Directors
(2)
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10
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.10
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Standard
Industrial/ Commercial Multi-Tenant Lease between FortuNet, Inc. and FKC
Highland LLC, dated as of May 15, 2005
(1)
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10
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.11
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Equipment
Lease Agreement between K&B Sales, Inc., d/b/a Goodtime Bingo, and
FortuNet, Inc., dated as of January 4, 1999
(1)
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10
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.12*
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Form of
Stock Grant – FortuNet, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(4)
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10
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.13*
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Form of
Stock Grant – FortuNet, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan for Independent
Directors
(4)
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21
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.1
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Subsidiaries
of FortuNet, Inc.
(1)
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23
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.1
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Consent
of Schechter Dokken Kanter Andrews & Selcer Ltd.
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24
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.1
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Powers
of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)
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31
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.1
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Chief
Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Section 13a-14 of the
Securities Exchange Act.
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31
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.2
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Chief
Financial Officer Certification Pursuant to Section 13a-14 of the
Securities Exchange Act.
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32
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.1
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Chief
Exectutive Office Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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32
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.2
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Chief
Financial Officer Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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Management
contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements.
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(1)
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Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement filed on Form S-1
(File No. 333-128391) filed with the Commission on September 16,
2005.
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(2)
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Incorporated
by reference to Amendment No.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement
filed on Form S-1 (File No. 333-128391) filed with the Commission on
October 27, 2005.
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(3)
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Incorporated
by reference to Amendment No.3 of the Company’s Registration Statement
filed on Form S-1 (File No. 333-128391) filed with the Commission on
November 21, 2005.
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(4)
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Incorporated
by reference to Amendment No.5 of the Company’s Registration Statement
filed on Form S-1 (File No. 333-128391) filed with the Commission on
January 24, 2006.
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(5)
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Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on April 2, 2007.
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(6)
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Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on July 7, 2006.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to
the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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FortuNet,
Inc.
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By
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/s/
Yuri Itkis
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Yuri
Itkis, Chief Executive Officer and
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Chairman
of the Board
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By
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/s/
Kevin A. Karo
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Kevin
A. Karo, Chief Financial Officer
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Date: March
25, 2008