How To Get Rich -- Mark Cuban(blogmaverick.com) |
How To Get Rich -- Mark Cuban(blogmaverick.com) |
If all you can think about is saving money, then you'll never think about how to use money to lobby congress and entertain foreign officials.
If you want to save money, why not do as the rich? Hire a top-tier wealth manager, and put some of the best accounting firms on your retainer.
I'm hoping Erica Sadun can be persuaded to extend her sites of shame to include this.
The wikipedia article[1] covers this relatively well under "An alternative mathematical analysis."
The short of it, though, is that everything at a casino is there to put the odds in the house's favor. They spend enormous amounts of time and money on researching this very problem, and their entire business depends on carefully walking the space between their patrons having a good time and winning a mint.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_(betting_system)
It's possible, but highly unlikely that you can find a high roller casino that won't enforce minimums, and has very high maximums (which would allow you to start with $1 bets, for example), but even with that, you're likely still limited by budget.