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.

If online casinos were legal to own and operate, anyone could get rich. It would be free and easy to get attached to an existing casino through an affiliate membership. You could have your own domain which you would promote any way you wanted. It was happening before the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act was created; Pamela Anderson and other celebrities were using their marketability to attract casino customers.

All you would have to do is come up with an interesting way to market your casino. If you get players to play on your site, you make big bucks. Casinos will pay as much as $250 per new player; an aggressive marketing campaign could earn you tens of thousands every month. But that’s not allowed in America because only certain people can get rich from gambling. Instead it goes offshore or to foreign countries because the government wants to protect horse racing revenues.

The Gulf Coast casino industry is often over-looked as the place for the gambling enthusiast. Not so for the professional thief. Here is a look at the Top 4 recent casino heists on the Gulf Coast.

1. Governor Edwin Edwards: The Louisiana Governor was convicted in 2000 on 17 federal racketeering and fraud counts. He was accused of selling $1.5 million off in riverboat licenses to the highest bidder. He’s now serving a 10-year sentence.

2. Slot Skimmers: 11 people conspired to scam slots at the Isle of Capri Casino in Lake Charles for three months in 2001. About $1 million dollars was stolen with only $700,000 recovered. In on the con were slot techs, surveillance officers, casino employees and a few outsiders.

3. The Washer:  Lake Charles drug king-pin Troy Marks bought $1.6 million in casino chips with drug money over a two-year period at eight different casinos. He lost more than $400,000, but was still able to report about $1.3 million to the IRS before getting caught in his money laundering scam.

4. The Honey Buns Bandit: On September 30th, 2003, Lynn Stevenson, a topless dancer, walked into the Grand Casino in Tunica County, Miss., carrying a gift-wrapped package. She found a cashier, demanded money and placed the box, which she claimed contained explosives, between them, then walked away with $60,000. No explosives were found in the box, just a bunch of honey buns.

Technicians over at Executive Gaming Monthly are greening the casino industry. EMG is bringing 100% eco-friendly gaming products, including casino tables and chairs to the casino market and luxury markets. They have developed and manufactured the first line of eco-friendly gaming products this industry has seen. With sustainable design they are taking the casino gaming industry to a new level of green.

They have designed products like Poker, Roulette, Blackjack and Mini-Baccarat Tables and any kind of seating a casino would need. The best part is that all of it is built with no gas or chemical runoff to cause pollutants into our air and water. They are also using recycled material for building material.

EMG also provides custom services where you can choose from a variety of environmentally conscious options. This is just one way that industries are becoming more and more progressive and changing the way they do things to flow with the changing world around us. This will lead us to a truly rich life.