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Question of the Day - 09 July 2004

Q:
Do you foresee any casino properties banning all forms of smoking in the near future?
A:

No. The non-smoking casino is an experiment that's been tried -- and failed.

About ten years ago, Silver City on the Las Vegas Strip banned all smoking in the building. It did so with great fanfare, then quietly went back to smoking only a few months later and has since closed.

Certain casino jurisdictions in Australia have legislated non-smoking casinos, and their revenues have been plummeting ever since.

It just seems that people with "vices" -- smoking, drinking, gambling -- like to go to casinos, and when smokers can't smoke in one casino, they'll go to another where they can.

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