[Sledge187]

Don't listen to these guys. Go to Vegas and bet your @ss off! If in two weeks you don't wake up with your face planted in a pile of coke with a stripper standing above you peeing on the back of your head then you failed Vegas. Remember if you go broke then your a glory hole away from being back in the game.

[xyzky]

Let me tell you my situation.

I am 24, college grad, single male. So I had no attachments or commitments.

I live here in Vegas 9 months out of the year. I go home to Texas to work my summer job in May/June/July. I am in Vegas from August-May.

I moved out here because the company I work for transferred me out here. So I already had a job lined up. Not that good of a paying job, 3,000 a month after taxes, but its something. But since I had to get certain documentation and such to work the job here in Nevada, I had to live out of my savings for a month before I got everything set up. I came out here with $4,600 saved in the bank. The key is to stretch that $4,600 out.

I got a room to rent off of craigslist, for $450 a month(utilities included). I bought my own food, but if I did eat out it would be cheap. No more than $7-8 dollars. And only once a day.

I stayed away from table games, slots, any casino game, and alcohol/partying/strip clubs. That is the best way to lose money and make your life miserable. I haven't drank alcohol for 2 years now. It's not necessary and its a money pit. If you are coming here to party and live it up, don't. The top priority for the City of Las Vegas is to separate its patrons from their money. Stay away from anything that unnecessary and is aimed at separating you from your money.

I do wager on sports, but its only for fun. I don't bet more than $40-$50 a game, and I am disciplined. I don't do longshot underdogs or parlays. No horse racing. I don't chase losses and I don't bet more than 1% of my bankroll on a single game. If the way you bet on sports is more stressful and heart wrenching than it is fun, you are betting too much.

I don't live the highlife here. I make enough to get my and live somewhat comfortably, but again I am a young single male. I didn't leave a high paying job to come here. I didn't come here to strike it rich at the casinos or sports books.

Coming here is all about expectation. If you are here to try to hit it big and make thousands of dollars from gambling, don't. If you are here to live it up and party, dine at fancy restaraunts and frequent the bars and clubs and all that, don't.

But, if you are here to sustain yourself, experience the joy of living in Vegas, bet on sports for fun and recreation, and be responsible, its worth a shot. But again, if you are leaving a job paying $70k a year to come here and make, at best, half that, why? I wouldn't do it. My 2 cents. I'd rather make 70k a year and live in the middle of nowhere North Dakota than my current situation here in Las Vegas making half of that. I didn't come here with the expectation to hit it big betting on sports and be set for life. I came here because it was an option and a worthwhile endeavor at that point in my life.

Your going to regret not living it up a bit while you are single and young.

[Harold Baines]

This would be a huge risk with -EV. Walking away from a good job in a bad economy would likely be your first mistake. Unless you have some type of rare talent and/or have networked the hell out of yourself, you will have problems finding another job if the gambling thing goes bust. From everything I've heard, finding any job in Vegas these days is no cake walk either. Going further, you had better have a big chunk of money socked away for expenses and a much bigger and separate bankroll. Off the top of my head, I'm thinking probably 25 grand for six months of expenses and I think the total for a bankroll would have to be at least 100 grand. Maybe with a ton of discipline, you could grind things out playing poker, middling lines and grinding out other +EV chances, but I wouldn't bet on it because all of these things are tougher now then they were even five years ago.

[jjgold]

Everyone dream here is to go to Vegas

[tony_come]

This is not china

Ppl can move

I did