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Non Smoking Casinos

#1

My strictly casual observations have been from these examples of what happens
when a casino tries the smokeless policy:

1. There used to be a smaller casino across the Strip from Stardust, either
the Peppermill or Silver City. Whichever one it was, it went totally
smokeless and went belly-up shortly thereafter. Probably not a fair example, since
there was a strong possibility that it was a last-ditch effort to save an
operation that was dying anyway.

2. Motor City has (had?) one totally smokeless floor, and the few times I've
visited that level because the other levels were packed, you could shoot a
cannon through the place without much worry of hitting anyone. Employees
standing around with very little to do. True, the VP on that floor was pathetic,
but we vpFree folks know that the ploppies will play almost anything so that's
not much of an issue.

3. As mentioned in other recent posts and in the LVA QoD, Casino Windsor has
been wounded badly since the law made smoking in the casino illegal. This is
also an iffy example at best, because that operation was hurt by 9/11 and the
subsequent increase in time/hassle to get across the Canada - U.S. border
from Detroit. A recent employee strike drove another nail in the coffin, and the
forced smoking ban has them reeling yet again because the three nearby
Detroit venues have no such restriction.

IMHO, the only way to really get a true picture of what would happen to a
smokeless casino would be if every casino within a reasonable driving distance
tried that policy. Then we'd find out for sure if people will continue to
gamble at previous levels when firing up a ciggie is no longer an option. It seems
that, given a choice between smokeless and "traditional" casinos, the
majority will patronize the latter.

- Brian in MI

In a message dated 11/28/2006 12:01:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
deuceswild1000@yahoo.com writes:

I have no data, but feel strongly that if all casinos went smokeless
that there would actually be an increase in patronage. What say you?

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#2

Silver city. They recanted fairly quickly & closure was more Circus
Circus not wanting to re-up the lease but point taken I'm afraid.

My strictly casual observations have been from these examples of

what happens

when a casino tries the smokeless policy:

1. There used to be a smaller casino across the Strip from

Stardust, either

the Peppermill or Silver City. Whichever one it was, it went

totally

smokeless and went belly-up shortly thereafter. Probably not a fair

example, since

there was a strong possibility that it was a last-ditch effort to

save an

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operation that was dying anyway.

#3

I agree that non smoking casinos haven't been given a fair shake.
In those casinos that have non smoking areas they are typically up
an escalator and hard to find, having no playable machines up there
definately doesn't help matters either. What I am worried about is
that this new smoking ban is going to make the casinos even smokier.
Since you can't smoke in a bar now but you can smoke in a casino
where are all the smokers going to go? I think that will displace
them onto the casinos. I get tired of drunken skanks holding a
cigarette directly in my face as they try to hit on me when I am
trying to gamble(and trying to ignore them). When I get back home
the cat starts sniffing my clothes with a disdainful look, I know
she is thinking "boy do you ever stink". M

In a message dated 11/28/2006 12:01:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
deuceswild1000@... writes:

> I have no data, but feel strongly that if all casinos went

smokeless

> that there would actually be an increase in patronage. What say

you?

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