There’s no doubt that you can get rich cheating at casino games. Many have done so in the past. Gonzalo Garcia-Pelayo and his family made $1.5M cheating at roulette, and card sharps like Ken Uston and Ida Summers made fortunes counting cards and shuffle tracking on the blackjack tables.

It takes a lot of ingenuity to come up with a system that can beat modern security in today’s casinos. Even if the house can’t figure out how you’re winning, they will still stop you from playing if you win too much. You won’t get roughed up like in the old days, but you’ll get blacklisted and will have to disguise yourself to find action.

And if you get caught, you can bet that the casino will charge you to the limits of the law. Card counting may not be illegal, but cheating is. And law officials frown on it in Nevada.

Paris Hilton has made a lot of money just for being famous. The heir to the Hilton fortune has played a big role in the recent development of the City of Las Vegas. Just about any new nightclub or resort that’s planning a grand opening wants to have recognizable celebrities in attendance. Paris leads the field in desirable celebrities; more than Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan combined.

Bars will pay her ridiculous sums of money to make an appearance. Paris has the run of the city when she’s in town, with every casino trying to cater to her and her friends. It’s been rumoured that she gets as much as $500,000 to appear, a claim she has denied and called inaccurate. I doubt it’s far off that number, though. Her latest was an appearance at TAO Las Vegas to film scenes for new MTV reality show “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF.”

The first games to undergo a dramatic change online were video poker and reel slot games. The new games introduced multipliers, bonus rounds and scatter wins. Now bingo is undergoing a similar evolution.

The new Bonus Bingo provides the player a more exciting version of the age-old game. Your cards are marked automatically, and you can speed up the process if you want to play faster. You can play as many as four cards at once, and the value of the bet can be set at $0.05, $0.10, $0.25, $0.50, and $1.00 per Card.

The bonus round occurs after a player has accumulated five Joker Balls, so you have to play enough to get there. The multiplier works by selecting one of the activated cards, if it’s awarded. The card selected will multiply its winning values by two times (X2 Multiplier) or three times (X3 Multiplier) the original winnings.

Online betting is taking over the sports gambling scene. That doesn’t necessarily rub the sportsbooks on the Las Vegas Strip the right way. However, these are really two distinct services, each with its own merits.

Going to Las Vegas is an experience in and of itself. If you haven’t had the chance to spend a night at the MGM Grand betting on March Madness basketball, you’ve been missing out. Or perhaps you’d prefer something a little cozier like Bally’s, for the more value-conscious bettor. It’s worth the extra walk to and from the Strip.

My personal vote goes to Mandalay Bay’s sportsbook, just because the resort also features a House of Blues. The book itself has the upscale feel of Bellagio’s without the whiff of exclusivity. Only bet at Bellagio’s if you can stride comfortably into a room like George Clooney. Besides, you can see the fountains from Bally’s if you get the right room.