[Eru]

To elaborate more, I'd place portals to the casino only in towns near banks. I might also put some at the entrances to the common dungeons, but they won't be as common as pits runes used to be.

There would be a single gate inside the casino for leaving, but it would be one of the Rune Library scripted gates. If you've seen the one in the Tourney Rally Area, you'll know what I mean. You step on the gate and you get a menu that lets you pick where you want to go, and it also has a charge that would automatically deduct from your player or bank. That way there aren't gates/pads everywhere, also if someone steps on the gate, you can never be sure where they're going, so that will keep people from camping out near the pads waiting for someone to step on them so that they can gank them. Some people like this, but I'd rather have people play than sit around watching the teleporters like a trap-door spider. There's a lot more to the game than pretending to be AFK near the telepads.

The idea would be to have a central travel hub where people are more likely to meet other players, but where it won't hinder normal world exploration. The places you can go to and come from will be purposefully limited and there shouldn't be any incentive to stay there other than just to socialize or play casino games.