You are absolutely right mate, My long stay and activity on this gambling board have sure shaped my experience on what it take to build an online gambling casino and what it also takes to make it big.
Cant start mentioning one after the other, but it all boils down to having the funds for really big and long term promotions and marketing, this is exactly what I had in mind when I made mention of having more than enough fund to build and run the casino.
And also, even with wealth of experiences, it is never bad to ask questions, infact for me personally, I think it's one thing to have money for a business, and it is another thing to have an opportunity of asking people that will give you genuine advice for free, of what they think about the business and how they also think you should go about it for better success.
-Promotion will generate traffic to the casino, but what sustains that traffic is the effectiveness of the site and how it solves some technical issues, and if the Dev owner doesn't know the rudiments of those technicality it may lead to losing some valuable clients.