Tighter slots are games that are set to pay out a smaller percentage of the money being put into them. If a game is set to pay out at 85%, it will be a 15% profit for the casino. Loose slots, with a payout of 95% or higher, provide less profit for the casino for that particular machine.

But the scope of a casino’s profit is wider than one or two particular machines. If a casino has a reputation for looser slots, and in fact has looser slots on average, you will get many more players on these machines. If enough players are playing the looser slots, the profit can far exceed that of a casino with tight slots. The casino can balance the payouts of the machines to maximize their profits. If everyone is losing, a casino won’t make money for very long, some loose slots are required.

Tri-Card Poker is a simple game to play. There isn’t a lot of strategy involved in playing it properly, and the house only holds a 3.4% edge over the player. That’s not bad when it comes to casino table games. The strategy for the game involves only one rule to follow: You should play with hands of Q-6-4 or higher, and you forfeit your ante bet with anything lower.

Hands between Q-6-4 and K-Q-10 have a negative expectation to win, but it’s still better than not playing them and forfeiting the ante bet each time. Over time, the loss will be less. Hands with an ace hold a positive expectation for you to win, and should always be played.

If you can stick to that simple rule, and some luck smiles upon you, you could get rich playing Tri-Card Poker. There are certainly worse odds in the casino.

UNLV associate professor Kathryn LaTour is another in a long list of social professionals that think it’s time to legalize online gambling. She has done a study that says the best option is to legalize online gambling and use the money to help problem gamblers and to stop underage players.

“It should be regulated,” LaTour said. “When you get deeper into it, it’s a battlefield. The integration of online gambling in the home can more easily turn gambling behavior into a component of a consumer’s everyday life, like watching television.”

Despite the negative results internet gambling can produce, the damage can be limited if regulations are put into place. The report is called “Blackjack in the Kitchen: Understanding Online Versus Casino Gambling,” and will be published in February in the Journal of Consumer Research. The funding for the study did not come from the gaming industry, but from a hotel school.

There are lots of stories about people who worked in a casino and went on to become a famous poker or blackjack player who won millions. I don’t think that it’s because they worked in a casino, it’s because they dedicated their life to becoming a great player. If you work in a particular casino you usually are not permitted to play there.

As far as the pay is concerned you can make good money in some casinos. In states like Florida and a few others dealers are paid a lot of money. It’s hardly enough to consider yourself rich, though. Working at a casino can turn you into an advantage player, if you study the games and learn all the edges you can, but that will require much more effort.