During third and final day of G2E, the stock market continued its downward spiral. Not that it has any correlation with the end of G2E, but ouch.

Even though the exhibition hall didn't open until 10 a.m., the lobby (or concourse, rather) and sessions were buzzing an hour before. Compared to yesterday, day two -- the expo's longest and generally biggest day -- proved to be a much calmer experience on the exhibition floor.

Within minutes of my arrival to the West's gaming Mecca, I realized that my job here at G2E is to generally stomp on that whole what-happens-in-Vegas-stays-in-Vegas mantra. As cliché as that saying might be,  on the surface Sin City is precisely that -- a series of stereotypical snapshots infused with sunglasses-required neon light, armloads of comped drinks and the incessant echos of cha-ching-a-ching-a-ching-a-ching.

 This past June, I found a peculiar job listing on quite possibly the bleakest Web site in English (Craigslist) that stood out from the rest of that work-from-home-and-make-trillions bologna. After a few e-mail exchanges, it turned out not only was the job legit, it just so happened to be hands down the sweetest one a budding journalist in middle America could encounter -- to join London-headquartered Clarion Gaming as a staff writer for IGamingNews and Gaming Industry Media.