You would be lying if you said that you never had a bad day at the casino. In fact more days are bad than good, but some days are a complete disaster and make you wonder why you game at all. It only makes sense that if you can hit a jackpot and beat the odds, you will have days where you will lose with the same extremity as hitting a jackpot.

I’ve had some bad days at the casino. I recall losing nine blackjack hands in a row once. It didn’t bust me so I left that game to find something that would treat me a little better. That didn’t work well because I went to the roulette table and tried my luck there. I didn’t hit a single bet for the ten minutes that I was at the table, and within 40 minutes I was busted and leaving.

Take the bad with the good and keep on plugging.

With real estate at such a premium in Vegas, it’s my opinion that the older casinos should all be levelled. There are numerous groups lobbying to save the older buildings for historical reasons, but this is Vegas. We’re not talking about 200-year-old government buildings. Vegas is make-believe land; level whatever is outdated for the next best thing. That’s what has made Vegas great.

The Sahara is only 55 years old – take some pictures and get rid of it. Same goes for the Tropicana, the Flamingo, the Riviera and the Golden Nugget. All of Fremont St. should be levelled with the exception of the Golden Gate.

These lobby groups are just trying to protect their era of Vegas. Set up a vintage Vegas museum and document the old casinos. Then implode them all for the next great attraction. That’s what Vegas is baby.

The new Millionaire Casino is the first online casino that caters to high rollers. They have the highest betting limits online and offer the latest technology available. The software is from Vegas Technologies with a 98.1% payout percentage. They’ve got over 80 casino games to choose from, so any gaming taste can be downloaded for action faster than any other software online.

The casino will match any buy-in of $350 or less and there is 25% on Monday’s first buy-in, 50% on Wednesday and 100% on Friday, all limited to a ceiling of $250. You must wager 20 times the buy-in and bonus combined, before you qualify for the bonuses. Banking options are another area where this casino stands out. Because it appeals to high rollers, the banking process is the best online.

Millionaire Casino is the latest evolution of cyber-casinos to provide the gamer with the most realistic casino experience possible.

1.  http://casinosmack.com/blog/ covers gaming as well as MMA and sports-related betting.

2.   http://www.gambling-win.com/blog/  is an open form with archives as far back as May 2006.

3.   http://www.ocsa.us/ is a casino news blog with two years of archives.

4.  http://www.casinodealercollege.com/casino_jobs/ is a casino job-listing blog for industry workers or people looking to get into employment in casinos.

5.   http://www.gamblingpace.com/ is a great poker and blackjack blog with strategies news and stories.

6.   http://www.blogcatalog.com/post-tag/casino/ covers news, strategies, anything tagged casino.

7.   http://www.online-gambling-insider.com/online-gambling-insider-blog.asp keeps players up to date on jackpots online, and covers industry news.

8.   http://www.wisebettor.com/ covers all kinds of different games coming from an experienced player with over 22,000 Vegas playing hours.

9.  http://sportsgamblingblog.com/ is an informative sports-betting blog that has entries for just about every sport. It has an extensive archive as well.

10.   http://www.thrombosite.com/ this blog is updated every few hours covering any thing related to gambling.

1. Golden Tiger Casino – accusations of withholding winnings and unethical business practices.

2. Maxima Casino – confiscation of winnings and no response from cashiers when prompted for assistance.

3. Absolute Poker – internal management cheating poker scandal that ripped off hundreds of players.

4. Atlantic Lounge Online Casino – only the owner can cut a check and he is always out of the country.

5. Trump Casino Group – Unethical business practices including spam issues. Most came from an affiliate.

6. Virtual Casino Group – Rogue software and late or missing payments to winners.

7. African Palace Casino – failure of payment and too many unresponsive customer complaints.

8. Atlantic Vegas Casino – has no licence for operating and has an unknown jurisdiction.

9. Golden Galley Casino – failure of payments and ridiculous excuses that change their story.

10. Ixcasino – rogue software that can be manipulated by the casino. They even draw to 21 on a hard 17.

If you’re looking for some good casino blogs, here’s a handful that mainly deal with casino reviews and opinions of new games.

1. Flenix Group -   Global casino portal was created by Lyall Edward McEvoy from South Africa. They review online casinos and rate them.

2. Casino Review 4 Fun -  reviews casinos that they visit and concentrate on slots chat.

3. My Gambling blog -   by Dawn Conklin deals with lottery and land-based casinos.

4. Make me some money -   is a financial blog with lots of info on sports betting and casino gambling.

5. The Gambling blog -   has stories, strategies and tips for different games.

6. Highroller blog -   mainly for high rollers, but can provide some good gaming industry info.

7. Casino buzz -   gives reviews, news and opinions of the casino world.

1. The Gambler (James Caan, 1974) – the autobiographical story of James Toback.

2. The Cincinnati Kid (Steve McQueen, 1965) – based on the Richard Jessup novel.

3. Casino (Robert De Niro, 1995) – based on the Shandling and Pileggi book.

4. The Sting (Newman & Redford, 1973) – 1930’s hustler flick. Best Picture Oscar winner.

5. Croupier (Clive Owen, 1998) – a look inside the life of a casino dealer who gambles too much.

6. Rounders (Affleck and Damon, 1998) – one of the best poker movies ever made, and helped launched the current poker craze.

7. The Cooler (William H. Macy, 2003) – the story of the man who brings bad luck.

8. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Jason Flemyng & Jason Stratham, 1998) – high stakes card game leads to big trouble for four working stiffs.

9. Casino Royale (Daniel Craig, 2006) – the updated version of the James Bond classic.

10. House of Games (Joe Mantegna, 1987) – a real look into the mindset of gamblers.

1. Casino keeping a player’s winnings and refunding them their buy-in. Some casinos try and find reasons not to pay out big wins. Some even say that the player was winning too often and they are not going to allow them to play there anymore.

2. Delayed monthly payout system. If you win a big jackpot the casino will sometimes only give you a thousand or so per moth for an extended time.

3. Poor service. Some casinos do not offer 24/7 live service. Many of the more reputable casinos provide great service options; beware the ones that don’t.

4. Loneliness of play. The online casino never matches the feel of a live gambling house. Online sites are working at improving this every day but they have a long way to go.

5. Over-aggressive marketing campaigns. Some casinos send you ridiculous amounts of promotional materials and emails until it becomes annoying.

1. Golden Tiger Casino – the casino was boring and had weak bonuses for first-time deposits.

2. Casino Vega has a history of not paying consistent winners and refusing them play based on the rate at which they win.

3. Casinobar has had issues with supposed cheating blackjack software.

4. Joyland Casino has had complaints from customers trying to cash out big wins.

5. Lucky Trump Casino has been accused of numerous issues including spam and bad software.

6. Maxima Casino has had complaints about cancelled bonuses after big wins.

7. Virtual Casino has been poorly run from the start.

8. African Palace Casino has had payment refusal issues when players play to the minimum bets for cash out.

9. Starluck Casino has shown poor customer service and long “investigations” for big winners.

10. Venice Nights Casino has been accused of keeping winnings and labelling players “bonus abusers” to refuse payment.