Casinos exist at the fascinating intersection of glamorous, exciting mode of entertainment and unsentimental, cutthroat business. The shiny lights, sights and sounds of casinos serve as a central calling card for an inclusive entertainment experience that is often supplemented by shows, fancy restaurants and plenty of booze.
But gambling isn’t a risk-free endeavor guaranteed to be enjoyable or beneficial. Although the allure of casinos stems from their get-rich-quick prospects, the reverse scenario – one that looms as a far likelier outcome, by the way – is the one that makes casinos such a lucrative business model.
