Casino outlook grim at Global Gaming Expo (KVBC Las Vegas)

Local gaming companies were part of Wednesday's big decline on Wall Street. The outlook for the industry is more grim than ever before, with executives predicting that no new casino projects will be started for at least five years.

Wednesday November 19, 2008 - 13:27 EST (Rolling Good Times)

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The Global Gaming Expo kicked off its eighth annual convention Tuesday morning at the Las Vegas Convention Center. G2E is expected to bring in an estimated 30,000 gaming professionals from around the world, despite the harsh economic times the industry is facing.

Ron Baron Buys Mohawk Industries Inc., Kaydon Corp., Advent Software Inc., Sells The Boeing Company, Automatic Data ... (Guru Focus)

Ron Baron had a bad year, it is so bad that he almost cancelled his annual shareholders' conference. But Ron Baron is still one of the best growth investor out there. If you are looking long term small cap ideas, look into his portfolio. Ron Baron owns 241 stocks with a total value of $15.4 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells for the third quarter. New Purchases: ACE, ADVS, ARG, ...

Inauguration accommodations (Canoe Travel)

Tickets to balls and other events related to the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration will be hard to come by, but you can always join the crowds along the parade route, and Washington tourism officials say it's not impossible to find a place to stay.

TransAct's ServerPort(tm) Technology to be Featured At G2E (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

HAMDEN, Conn., Nov. 17, 2008 -- TransAct Technologies Incorporated , a global leader in market-specific printers for transaction-based industries, today announced that it will showcase the company's new ServerPort device at the upcoming Global Gaming Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from November 18-20.

Ab Inventio Unveils QLess, a Mobile Phone-Based Queue-Management Solution (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Ab Inventio LLC launches QLess (www.QLess.com), a queue-management solution using mobile phones to eliminate the need to wait in line. Available now in select government agencies and businesses, QLess unfetters people from lines by delivering mobile status updates and wait forecasts.

Mountain fun runs (Adelaide Now)

AT Lake Tahoe you can ski on pristine pistes or gamble your heart away, writes Fran Metcalf.

IGT looks to the next big thing (Reno Gazette-Journal)

Gaming machines were rolling off the production line and whiz-bang-boom sound effects were filtering from the engineering test lab last week at International Game Technology.

Groups ask Kentucky court to reverse domain seizures (IT World)

Three civil liberties groups have filed a petition asking a Kentucky court to reverse a judge's ruling that could lead to the seizure of 141 domain names related to gambling Web sites.

Bligh's $20m pokies gamble (The Courier Mail)

THERE will be an end to new poker machines in Queensland, as Anna Bligh and Andrew Fraser put a cap on the number of additional machines for clubs.