By Carl Van Eton
"There's a sucker born every minute," is a phrase allegedly coined by world-class showman P.T. Barnum. While Barnum's business revolved around the circus, old P.T. would have fit right into the avaricious world of casino gaming. Like it or not, the casinos are all about getting players to let their guard down. Everything from the color of the carpets to the use of chips, not to mention free drinks, is designed to seperate players from their money. No amount of glitz and glamour can do more than gloss over the fact that when you get right down to it, every casino is nothing more than a giant Hoover vacuum cleaner that tries its best to plug its snout into your wallet.
Of course, it doesn't help that most players make the casino's job easy by playing games that they know little or nothing about. Whether it's a greenhorn player that wanders over to the roulette wheel, or a craps player who insists on betting the prop bets, most players are sheep that are sure to get sheered.
