Try to get a job at a casino, if not in Reno, in Las Vegas. I was a change clerk (for the slot machines) at a local Indian casino in San Diego and although I was paid minimum wage, that's just the gravy. I was making between $300-$400 a night in cash no tax tips 20 years ago. And this was at a dumpy little casino. Money in casinos is easy come easy go with most of the patrons and when someone hits a jackpot on banked machines (about 20 slots that are all connected and share a progressive jackpot), you get tipped if it's in your section - I had a guy hit a $197,000 jackpot on $100/hand Keno and when I went to bring him his money he told me "just give me $180,000 - this resulted in a $17,000 tip, and again this was 20 years ago.
My wife started out as a simple drink server at the same casino as me, she taught herself how to deal BlackJack and cut chips (easy with practice at home), and was easily making about $8000/month and that was more than 20 years ago.
Here's the thing, just get your foot in the door at the casino and that allows you to move up. Even if you can't deal, there are all kinds of middle management positions that pay decently that you can work your way in to. I've always told my friends and daughter, if you don't have a college degree or trade skill, go get a job at a casino. Work in the slot department or table games. Poker dealers get tipped after every single dealt hand - maybe not huge amounts, but the winner of the hand always throws the dealer something and they hit jackpots too.
My best friend who started working as a change clerk in the casino worked his was up to floor manager, then became director of slots, then became the casino manager making several hundred thousand a year - and he has no college education and in all honestly is not the brightest of guys - he's not stupid, but it's not like he was a genius. He simply worked his way up over the years and I can tell by the way you write you could easily do what he did.
I would've stayed at the casino my whole life however in my mid 20's I formed a production company with a buddy on a whim and started selling motorcycle stunt videos to distributors, so I got really lucky with that, otherwise I'd probably still be there.