I'm inside a Las Vegas at least 4 - 5 hours a day, five or more days a week.
I gamble a lot but I'm not a whale, But I do know a few whales who never enter a casino with out access to $100,000+ from the casino cage.
One such individual even enters the casino with his gambling bankroll in a couple of large paper shopping bags and is always accompanied by a couple of large security personnel as soon as his car arrives at the valet entrance.
I'm pretty damn good at computing the odds / house percentage on 90% of the table games and I can assure you that every game and every roll of the dice is in favor of the casino which hosts the games.
You are a sucker if you think otherwise.
Exclude POKER in the above because I am not a good poker player and have never taken the time to figure out the house percentage other than the 'rake' they take in after each and every poker hand.
Actually I don't think there is a Poker House Percentage...... the rake is all the house needs to make a profit in a poker game.
Long term, successful ,casino gamblers are a very rare breed. They might win a lot on Monday but on Tuesday or Wednesday they are dead broke.
Successful gamblers are only successful due to the fact they have written successful books telling others how to be successful gamblers .... or else they win big one day and then retire from gambling for the rest of their lives.
Some are successful because they join in with a successful casino operation and participate as part owners.
Others start up internet Poker games.
The long term losers are always on the other side of the table where you usually sit.
NOTE: Do not include Poker players in any of the above, but if a Poker player played Poker in any casino long enough, the casino will eventually have all his money simply due to the rake that the casino takes after each and every poker hand.
ME!???
I win all the time.
Wanna buy my book??
Don't try to beat the casino over the long term. You'll lose your money, your house, your wife, your kids, and your best loved puppy you named "DICE".