Hello,
I know what it’s like to be on a shoe string budget…$40 is insufficient funding to buy gambling traffic.
My little tip of the day: Don’t buy traffic. Period. Unless you have a lot of money to spend and know that the source is reliable. You’re facing a numbers game in this arena. IE. if conversion rate for a particular casino is 5%, you will have to buy 100 hits in order to get 5 players… and those 100 hits can be expensive and potentially wasteful if the 5 players don’t spend a lot of money.
Concentrate on promoting your site to the search engines. This is 100% free and worthwhile. And, give yourself about 5-6 months before you expect to get a paycheck.
Contrary to what affiliate programs advertize, profit will not come instantly: it takes steady work and constant refining of a portal before it “matures” into a money maker.
I’d save the $40 and use it for other types of promotions, or better yet, don’t spend it all! The casino industry is conservative and likewise so should your budget! 