Hit any casino floor and you'll find hundreds, if not thousands, of people placing their hope for a better life down on the table, alongside their gaming tokens, hoping to strike it rich but typically leaving with less money than when they arrived.
However, if you enjoy gambling at casinos despite the monetary risk there's hope for you yet, as these Ten Tips To Beat The Odds At A Casino from gambling insider Bill Zender (via Mental Floss magazine) will reveal.
Tricks like singling out the clumsiest dealer, finding an older roulette wheel and betting on the biased numbers, and always knowing when to say when will keep you from losing your shirt when the house is trying to pick your pockets clean before you leave.
Step 1 is open a casino.
Instead, make the even money bets for a while until you figure out that red wins more than black, evens more than odds and high rather than low. At that point, bet only the red, even, high numbers. When pressed, be sure to declare that your sainted dead mother told you this in last night's dream.