Las Vegas gaming stocks have taken a fall in October after a surge in their stock prices in previous months. Of the major gaming stocks, Pinnacle Entertainment, WMS Industries and Bally Technologies saw a rise in their stocks whilst everybody else happen to fall a little. Casinos in Las Vegas have reported very good room booking numbers for 2010, most of them through convention bookings so the new year is looking far more prosperous with increased visitor numbers to the popular entertainment joint.
Next month, the Global Gaming Expo heads to Vegas, with many slot machine makers hopeful that the trade show will help encourage more sales for next year and help with the recession pains still healing from the last two years. New casinos to be built in the state of Ohio, will mean good news for Penn National Gaming stocks, since they are in line to operate two casinos.