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Rob Bone realized early on he might not be destined to quarterback the Dallas Cowboys.

Slot machine giant WMS Industries became the latest land-based company to apply for an online gambling license in Nevada on Tuesday.

The slot machine make said despite the fall in revenues and profits both showed an increase over the first quarter.

Seven out of the 10 casino operators and slot machine manufacturers followed by Applied Analysis finished December below their average daily price from December 2010.

Gambling analysts expect International Game Technology's prospects to improve in 2012 due to expansion and new content.

Wednesday's 490-point surge by the Dow Jones industrial average gave the stock prices of several publicly traded casino operators and slot machine manufacturers a lift.

International Game Technology, Bally Technologies and WMS Industries didn't slow development of new products despite slower slot machine sales.

The technology available to slot machine manufacturers has allowed developers and designers to create games that are a combination of amusement park rides and gambling devices. And many of those designs were on display at the Global Gaming Expo last week in Las Vegas.

The ills affecting Las Vegas' locals gaming market, including high unemployment and a horrible housing crisis, are having the same effect on California's Indian gaming community.

Slot giant WMS will display 168 gaming machines at the Global Gaming Expo next week in Las Vegas.

There are a few important factors slot machine manufacturers have to consider when deciding on whether to go forward on a licensing deal with a brand – overall popularity/recognition, fan dedicationand timelessness. Based on these factors (and not actual game play), here are my top-10 slot machine pop culture themes.

Clarion Events, which organizes the ICE Totally Gaming exhibition, has secured support from a leading group of gaming companies for its move to ExCel in February 2013.

Nine of the 10 gaming industry stocks followed by Applied Analysis showed increases in their average daily share prices in July.

WMS Gaming will "Unleash Imagination" with the debut of a broad portfolio of new products and easy to adopt innovations at the Australasian Gaming Expo in August.

Financial consultant Applied Analysis said the gaming industry seems to be rebounding from the nearly two-year-long recession.