If you drive you save money. Choose a cheaper place off the strip. Drive to a place on the strip and take the bus, trolley or monorail. If you are going to gamble, get a comp card, and use it as a discount at the buffet. Eat well at the buffet and you will not need to eat for the rest of the day. In my opinion, the best overall package for the price is the Orleans. The only thing you will need is to go to other casinos for show. But check out at least three web sites for the best deal. Sure i will be happy to let you know everything about being a poker dealer. Plus the people can be really drunk and hard to deal with. As for dealers school it can range from 200 to 1000 dollars. 00 to go to this school and it is the best dealers school in all of las Vegas.

After you have it down you go out for an audition. This means you go out to diffrent casinos where you sit in a real game while the floor looks at you.

If they like you and want to hire you, they will send you to fill out an application. You will start off on the extra board at first, this means that your on call for the most part.

Sometimes you can get on full time right away, but most casinos will have you on call or they may even have you work as a chip runner. Just do what they ask and work every time they ask you to do so. Also you just cant go to the best casinos in Vegas, you have to start out in a break in house. This is a casino that hire snew dealers.

For example the Mirage or bellagio will not even look at you unless you have 3 years of full time dealing under your belt.

As for the money its great as well as the medical and dental the casinos give is great. They only pay min wage, but you get to keep your tips and thats where you really clean up. Now some casinos pool there tips, and some let you just keep them, so it deopends on where you work. But if your spending your pay check on anything but fun money, then your not making enough in tips. It also depends on the casino you work at as well, in a good casino with lots of tables and lots of action you can clear 50k easy. Generally all the sites have the same prices, some may save you ten bucks or so, but nothing substantial. For example go directly to MGM Grands website to see what they are offering. Also, if you book directly with the hotel you can almost always cancel or modify your reservation with ease. IMHO Mystere is the best.

If youre a night owl or an early riser, try the graveyard specials, these are the best meal deals in Las Vegas. Also, up to date info on every buffet in LV. Ellis Island they are not on the menu. Grand Canyon Hoover Dam Red Rock Canyon Mt. Then they let you win their money, AND they invite you back to do it all over again. This is a great site on LV. It will not be cheap. To get cheap you have to avoid special events, large conventions and weekends. Luxor is running a promotion until the end of May, some weekends are included. By necessity we have learned to keep the cost of our trips to a minimum.