Casinos & smoke

[mirthmaiden]

Inspired by the Iowa is now smoke-free thread, does anyone here have ideas as to why casinos do not offer smoke-free sections? I was just talking to someone about this the other day. The person visitied the Hard Rock casino in Tampa and had to leave much earlier than planned because the place was like a cloud inside. Although the casinos in Las Vegas don't seem to be quite that bad, I have often wondered if they would draw more people and keep them there longer if they would offer separate rooms for non-smokers.

 

[legalsea]

I'm surprised about that also. You would think someone in Las Vegas, for example, would open a 'smoke free' casino. I was on a riverboat casino that was smoke-free; very nice.

 

[Cup Cake]

I despise gambling & smoking, and personally I don't care if they could possibly draw a larger crowd,

but you could be right - smoke free areas could benefit casinos.

 

[Bob Slydell]

I've been to some casinos that did have smoke-free sections and others that haven't. Granted, often the smoke-free sections are tucked in the back of the casino and you have to walk through the smokers to get to it, so it's sometimes a little silly.

I would assume that each casino figures out whether or not a smoke free section would be more profitable. In most cases, I think it's just determined that gamblers will come gamble no matter what the smoking policy.

 

[Acklander]

Maybe smokers are bigger spenders in the casinos???? I don't gamble that often but when I've gone, I could usually find a table without any smokers at it so it never really bothered me if the actual casino was smoking/non smoking. But I'm not one to be bothered by smoking in the same room, just if it's being blown in my face.

 

[perdidobay]

I hate smoke and smoking, but I know ahead of time that it is a fact that there will always be smoke in casinos. I just deal with it.

The Resorts Casino in Tunica MS has a seperate area that is closed off with it's own door and has it's own air system. No problem there.

The other casinos in Tunica have little to no non smoking areas and they are still smoky.

In Biloxi the Beau Rivage has an area of the gaming floor marked as no smoking, but you still get people wandering through smoking. It's not as bad as the rest of the gaming area.

Suprisingly to me is the fact that the Hard Rock seems to have little smoke
smell.

The other Biloxi casinos have average amounts of smoke.

Lake Tahoe casinos are not too smoky IMHO.

 

[Cindy's Mom]

Come to Illinois, all our casinos and everything else for that matter have been since Jan 1, 2008

 

[mirthmaiden]

I don't know. I can't stand being in heavy smoke. The past few times I've been to the casinos I can't wait to get out of there because it gives me a headache. Just speaking for myself, I know I would stay longer if it was smoke-free.

 

[NewJersey]

Atlantic City has built seperate rooms for smokers now. The casinos are so much better "smoke-free."

 

[smt218]

Both the casinos in CT offer smoke free rooms. I usually prefer to go in those rooms.

 

[storzo]

Atlantic City has built seperate rooms for smokers now. The casinos are so much better "smoke-free."

And the City Council is introducing an ordinance to make them completely smoke free. The casino owners/operators are opposing it.

 

[LindaM]

Here in Alberta the casions are smoke free, unless the casion is on the reserve, then I guess the law doesn't apply to you . Alberta adopted the smoke-free in all public places a few years ago, they gave bingo halls, bars, and casinos an extra year to comply, as of January 1 of this year all public places are smoke free. Most places you cannot smoke within a certain feet (can't remember exactly) of the doors.

 

[suzimar57]

my DH would certainly stay longer in the casinos of las vegas if they were smoke free - as it is now, he stays less time in them (which is ok with me!) because they're so smokey....

 

[Todd&Copper]

In AC, are there big differences in the crowds at the smoking and the smoke-free casinos?
[My only time in a casion = I remeber walking into a casino at AC about 8 years ago and seeing the wretchedest of the wretched, people practically on life support, plunking their quarters into the machines like so many unencessarily intibated robots - it was really scary!]

 

[darlene9947]

Come to Illinois, all our casinos and everything else for that matter have been since Jan 1, 2008

Wow, I wish the casinos along the Gulf coast would do this. I love to go to the casinos to eat and play the slots, and usually we go to Beau Rivage because it's not too bad. They must have a pretty decent air system there! But OMG, just walking thru the place to get to the non-smoking section

I guess it's a good thing they're not smoke free - think of all the money I'm saving!!!

 

[Ronda93]

If there was money to be made in smoke free casinos they'd be making it. Every detail in their operation is geared towards profit.

 

[Heidict]

Here in Alberta the casions are smoke free, unless the casion is on the reserve, then I guess the law doesn't apply to you .

Our casinos here in CT are on a reservation and therefore they are considered a soveriegn nation. They have their own laws and the goverment generally stays out of it unless it concerns a murder. (I'm probably remembering it wrong, but it's something like that.)

Now, here they have a deal with the state. They are allowed to have gambling but they have to give a portion of it to the state. Kinda like a kickback.

The state doesn't want them to have any smoking on their propertly but the casino's have told them where to stick it. So, now the state is trying to say that if you serve any alcohol that you can't allow smoking and that if you don't comply they will pull your liquor license. This not only affects the casinos but also the the private clubs that allow smoking. It hasn't passed yet, but they are proposing it.

 

[maelstrom]

Atlantic City casinos have smoking areas, but most of them aren't closed off from the rest of the casino, it's just that you can smoke if standing on the blue carpet but not on the purple carpet. It's definitely less smoky than it used to be, though.

 

[DawnCt1]

Smoking and gambling are addictive behaviors, so it stands to reason that there are a lot of smokers at casinos. As someone mentioned, both CT casinos have smoke free areas, however the AG of Ct will attempt to force both casinos to go smoke free. Something that he has no authority to do since it is on tribal land.

 

[LisaNJ25]

And the City Council is introducing an ordinance to make them completely smoke free. The casino owners/operators are opposing it.

I cant blame them. you will see a huge drop in gamblers.. especially with all of the buses and the seniors.

I have no problem with it in the casinos.. the gaming rooms are big enough that unless you are right near the person I never though it was bad.