Why is losing at a casino good? Well I guess if you lose enough you will eventually do something about it, and try to find out why you lose so much. Losing will force you to learn more about how the games can be played to optimum strategy. Losing either makes you quit playing casino games or it teaches you that you have start to play with every advantage you can find. But very few take the extra steps to become an advantage player who makes money in casinos.

If you’re a problem gambler, losing will eventually force you to get some help so you can stop playing too much. If problem gamblers won they would never stop playing; just look at the life of Stu Unger. He would win a big tournament and just keep on playing until it was all gone, and he was borrowing from friends again.

Kansas is going through some hard economic times these days, as is much of the American heartland. Ironically, these are the times when casinos look a lot more appealing to the folks in charge. The state of Kansas is awarding four casino licenses, and the Kansas Speedway is so intent on landing one that they’re willing to build a road course in the infield of their 1.5-mile tri-oval.

Kansas is currently the host of the LifeLock 400, formerly known as the “Banquet 400 presented by ConAgra Foods.” The speedway already announced two weeks ago that it wants a second NASCAR Sprint Cup race to add to the calendar as part of the casino push. The road course is apparently not related to that pursuit; instead, the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series is the speedway’s target.

The course will reportedly cost between $8 million and $10 million, compared to the proposals for a $700-million casino complex in Wyandotte County. Ka-ching.