Sunday, December 06 2009
OnlineCasinoAdvisory.com
Michigan casino operators are pleading with lawmakers to not impose a smoking ban on their gambling floors, as such bans have caused severe revenue drops across the US.
After seeing the disarray and damage done to gambling revenues when smoking bans in Illinois, Colorado, and New Jersey were expanded to include casinos, operators of Detroit's casinos are hoping legislators dependent on gaming taxes remember to grant them an exemption.
MGM Grand Detroit officials say revenue could drop as much as a third if no smoking were permitted in casinos. Among other problems for the gambling venues would be the freedom of competing tribal casinos to accomodate patrons' desires, including providing smoking areas on gaming floors.
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