Our town growing like crazy, just 30 minutes away from the world’s largest casino and a beautiful lake.

Hope it's not like going to the Casino and hitting it on your first slot roll. 

mainly to have something to do if I find myself board on a rainy day in PDX which is pretty often... also I don't generally drive at night so I would only work mornings for a drive or two.. when I take Lyft in Vegas I talk to the drivers most really don't like the night or pick up or delivery from casino as the riders are half the time pretty wasted.I use it in Vegas to from our kids house and the airport.. so that's a pretty easy drive for the Lyft driver . as well as I live in the number one income area of our state so if I only take rides out of this area I should pick up some successful people and we can talk business if it gets to that..

Do the experts here think the real estate values will explode with the arrival of a casino in Madera, CA?

It's like going to a casino.

And thanks to @Mike Cumbie, now I know why.Knowing what you know now, it sounds like the casino would be as good a place to put your money.

With the Hard Rock hotel and Casino breaking ground, plus the residential development that they have planned for the area and the high speed rail coming I think there is still a lot to be had. 

We have 2 different casinos being built in the next 2 consecutive years that are also billion dollar projects.

Sold it 6 months later to a well know casino owner so he could build a place that was private for his celebrity acts to stay at.

I'll give you an example, I almost wholesaled a piece of land that was about 20 minutes away from a couple of casinos and inevitably there was a lot of traffic that went by.