Smoking bans no longer a threat to casino revenue: Report

“Smokers will say that they aren’t going to go gamble anymore if they ban smoking,” said one expert. “They said this when they made restaurants and bars non-smoking and it didn’t affect them at all

Related Keywords

New York ,United States ,Mohegan ,Connecticut ,Montvale ,New Jersey ,South Dakota ,Atlantic City ,Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania ,Colorado ,Rhode Island ,Delaware ,Illinois ,Foxwoods ,Indiana ,Linda Quinn ,Erik Lovequist ,Las Vegas ,John Bucek ,Justin Moore ,Associated Press ,Twin River ,Parx Casino ,Empire City ,Mohegan Sun ,Resorts World ,Rivers Casino ,Ap News ,For Decades ,T Was Accepted Wisdom In The Casino Industry That Eliminating Smoking Would Automatically Lead To Revenue Declines And Customer Losses Buta New Report Examining How Coronavirus Pandemic Has Changed Gamblers Habits Says May No Longer Be Case Issued Friday By Las Vegas Based C3 Gaming Come As Several States ,Including New Jersey ,Hode Island And Pennsylvania ,Re Considering Banning Smoking In Casinos The Research Firm Says Its Report Was Done Independently And Not Financed By Any Outside Party It Notes That Pandemic Changed Several Key Aspects Of Casino Experience ,Ncluding The Elimination Of Daily Housekeeping In Many Places ,Losing Of Buffets And An End To Room Service All Which Customers Have Gotten Used It Suggests Smoking Will Be The Next Such Change Accepted Pandemic Altered Consumer Expectations Behavior In Virtually Every Industry ,Including Retail ,Entertainment ,Odging ,Ining And Casino Gaming One Of Those Changes Is In Attitudes Towards Smoking Casinos ,He Reports Three Authors Wrote Data From Multiple Jurisdictions Clearly Indicates That Banning Smoking No Longer Causesa Dramatic Drop In Gaming Revenue ,T Read In Fact ,On Smoking Properties Appear To Be Performing Better Than Their Counterparts That Continue Allow The Report Looks At Casinos Performance In Numerous States Since Coronavirus Pandemic Hit Early 2020 ,Nd Finds That Those Casinos Implemented Smoking Prohibitions Did Not Experience Any Drop In Revenues Or Lost Market Share To Nearby Continued Offer Environments The Authors Also Interviewed Tribal Casino Executives ,Ho Said Profitability Was Starting To Increase Due Lower Maintenance Costs ,Dding That 157 Tribes Were Able To End Smoking In Their Casinos Without Economic Cost The Authors Also Predicted Smokers Will Not Abandon Atlantic City Droves If New Jersey Bans There ,Oting That Due To Smoking Bans In Connecticut And New York ,Nda Smoke Free Policy At Rivers Casino Philadelphia ,Amblers From New York ,Ew Jersey And Eastern Pennsylvania Would Have Only Four Options That Offered Smoking The Report Is Latest Ina Back Forth Over Whether There Evidence Can Be Eliminated Without Harming Casinos Bottom Line It Also Takes Aim Ata Commissioned In February By New Jerseys Predicting Massive Revenue Job Losses Ifa Ban Were Implemented Stakes Are High ,Articularly In New Jersey ,Here The Main Casino Workers Union Is Threateninga Strike In July If New Contracts Providing Big Raises Are Not Reached Before Then Gamblers Northeastern Us Interviewed By Associated Press Expressed Strong Support For Smoke Free Casinos Smokers Will Say That They Arent Going To Go Gamble Anymore Ban Smoking ,Aid Linda Quinn Of Montvale ,Ew Jersey They Said This When Made Restaurants And Bars Non Smoking It Didnt Affect Them At Alli Honestly Believe Will Not Have An ,Nd Smokers Say That Because They Dont Want The Law Changed Erik Lovequist Of Billerica ,Assachussetts Quit Smoking 14 Years Ago And Has Not Visited Rhode Islands Twin River Casino Ina Very Long Time Due To The Entire ,Ncluding Much Of The Non Smoking Area ,Melling Like An Ashtrayim Enjoying Having The Entirely Smoke Free Encore Casinoa Half Hour Away John Bucek Of Chester ,Isits Atlantic City Six Timesa Year And Quickly Grew To Like The Absence Of Smoking In Casinos There During First Anda Half Pandemic Now That It Is Back ,T Is Terrible ,E Saidi Never Realized How Bad It Wasa Lot Of Times Drives Us Out There Some Gamblers Who Smoke ,Owever ,Aid They Would Seek Out Casinos That Continued To Allow Them Do So The Report Notes Revenue Declines Followed End Of Smoking In Delaware ,Deadwood ,Nd New Orleans But It Also Noted There Were Other Economic Factors That May Have Influenced Revenue ,Ncluding The Opening Of New Competition Nearby And It Said Those Revenue Declines Tended To Recover In Subsequent Years Report Found That Gamblers Several Markets Did Not Flock Smoking Casinos When Others Region Prohibited ,Iting Examples From Pennsylvania ,Ndiana And Elsewhere The Authors Conceded That ,T Is An Irrefutable Fact Thata Slot Machine Located Ina Smoking Area Ofa Casino Makes More Money Thana Non But They Also Found That Casinos Offer Do Not Perform Better Than Those Allow It Showed The Parx In Philadelphia Empire City Yonkers ,Ew York Foxwoods And Mohegan Sun In Connecticut ,Nd Resorts World In The Queens Section Of New York Have Slot Machine Win Per Day Performance That Is Greater Than Those Atlantic City Over Past 12 Months Las Vegas ,He Nations Largest Gambling Market ,Emainsa Bastion Of Casino Smoking Only One Resort ,Park Mgm ,Ans Smoking Completely New Jersey Allows On Up To 25 Of The Casino Floor Rivers In Philadelphia Has Been Smoke Free Since August 2021 ,Hen General Manager Justin Moore Decided It Was Easier Operationally To Remain That Way Rather Than Changing Policy Comply With Frequently Pandemic Mandates From The City In April ,He Casino Adopteda Policy Allowing Its Smoking Customers To Usea Restaurant Patio Smoke ,Voiding The Need To Go Through Metal Detectors Two Additional Times In Leaving And Re Entering Casino Financial Results Have Been Mixed ,Ith Some Good Months And Where Revenue Fell Short Of Projections ,Moore Said ,Dding That Inflation ,Abor Shortages And New Competition Nearby Make It Difficult To Attribute Revenue Performance Any One Factor The Casino Decided Remain Smoke Free Even After Could Have Resumed Smoking ,Fin Part ,Ut Of The Experience Operating During Pandemic It Was Hard To Tell People ,E Re Keeping You Safe ,Nd Then Allow People To Blow Particles Into The Air ,She Said ,Krhd 25 News ,Kxxv 25 News ,Smoking Bans No Longera Threat To Casino Revenue Report ,Texas News ,