How will legalized recreational marijuana affect the gaming industry?

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Not so much falling out/from their stools,it it's the SLOW play that I would be worried about.
The over-served will do that B-4 the 'stoners'.

How can a lot(or a little) of pot smoking really help your black jack skills or one's attention span?
Back in the 80's, cocaine was the hip drug of choice,but that was fun,but it made you feel SO GOOD that you didn't care if you won or lost at the table games. In Tahoe,I found some (empty) snow seals on some BJ stools.
If you play sober(not under any chemical influence),you will be a better player.

I have found that even too much coffee is not such a good idea,either.
Play the game correctly,at your peak time. An hour after breakfast is when my mind is the sharpest.

Will the pot law affect the gaming industry? YES,DUDE! In what ways have yet to be determined.

I was sitting at the Four Queens bar bar New Year's Eve the smell of pot was very pronounced numerous times that

I like the pot smokers at the poker tables. They don't seem to be much slower but they do tend to make bad decisions.

But I assume they still allow smoking in their casinos. So smoking is banned where only smokers are exposed to the smoke, but allowed in areas they share with nonsmokers? Seems like everybody's rights are being violated.

So the Rat is invited to a "guest" at a friends house to watch football, and Rat believes that his rights supersede those of the friend, thus Rat should have the legal right to demand his friend stops smoking.

You are on private property when you enter a casino as a guest. You have the right to walk next door if you like. Just because judges have decided to legislate from the bench doesn't make it right.

I've now smelled pot on the casino floors twice this week. I did see security attempting to find the source this time.

Comparing a casino to a friend's house is a little naive (sp?), to say the least. A casino is NOT your "friend", just as the tobacco industry is not interested in smokers' rights. They both are only interested in their own bottom lines. Bars and restaurants are more worthy of that comparison, and they fall victim to bans much sooner than casinos do--even though they are plentiful enough to allow the market to determine how many of them want to be smoking, nonsmoking, or have both smoking and nonsmoking sections. Casinos IMO are limited enough in number and accessibility to fall into the same category as cinemas, sports arenas, and airline travel.

Haven't non'smoking casinos been a flop so far/, which really surprises me considering the complete shift in views on smoking nowadays. I guess smoking and drinking really do go hand in hand while gambling. I know when I smoked and drank I had a little ritual when I sat at a BJ table, cigs, ashrtay, beer etc. and wouldn't take a card 'til I was all set.

While I don't smoke any longer I am fully on board with smokers rights in a casino. I remember the non smoking assholes who would come sit at a table I had been at for hours and do the little cough, cough BS when I would light up. I'd make sure the smoke drifted there way.

When I smoked, I'd never smoke at a table. I'd make sure I let the dealer know I was stepping away for his benefit. Of course, I'd only step away when the count tanked and it was amazing how often the dealers repaid my " kindness" by calling phantom pushes.
One of the reasons I got out of the bar/ club business was I really thought the no smoking laws were going to be very bad for business. When a guy stabbed a bouncer to death in Manhattan while being ejected for smoking, it reinforced my views.
However, it's more than ten years later and I was very wrong. Non smoking bought in many more people than it chased away, at least in NY.