Most poker rooms are already smoke free but a few are not. Settlements like this one usually have impact beyond the circumstances involved in the claim:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010...ef=global-home

The first Las Vegas strip casino that goes totally smoke free is going to be amazed by how much their take is going to rise. Airlines were fighting for smoking on planes until the surveys came back that the vast majority of smokers wanted no smoking on the flights.

yea, i think i am going to sue to, cause they would only comp me if I played in there casino and I have pains also from my lengthy stays over the years and exposure to second hand smoke.

I'm skeptical of this only because the subset of humanity that flies on airplanes is pretty different from the subset of humanity that gambles in a casino. I tend to avoid LAS as a stopover when flying because, quite frankly, people getting on and off the plane at LAS are different than the people who get on and off the plane at DEN.

I can buy that there will be increased foot traffic in casinos that ban smoking, but I need to be convinced that the action gained from "would gamble but for the smoke" types would outweigh the action lost from "can't plop myself down and smoke and drink and gamble for 10 hours straight" types.

Perhaps if there were some convenient place for people to smoke and drink nearby - such as banning smoking on the actual gaming floor but putting a well-ventilated bar within eyesight ...

Non-smokers put with smoke to gamble.
Smokers put up with non-smoking casinos (ie California cardrooms) to gamble.

So it is not a case of drawing people out of their homes and into Casino Fresh Air. It is a case of drawing people out of Casino Ashtray and Club Marlboro and into Casino Fresh Air.
If one or two Strip casinos do it, they will take business away from a dozen casinos. I think that will more than offset the loss of Mr & Mrs TwoPackADay

But if all casinos do it, you're probably going to lose revenue. A smoker taking that 5 minute break away from the table is much more likely to come to his senses and stop gambling. Drinking gamblers especially.

The Casinos (non-first nation) in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
and I think Alberta all went smoke free a few years ago. I know at Casino Regina it did not make a difference. They come to
gamble anyway. I also recall that there was a study done I think in Ontario that going non-smoking saves the casino considerable money in casino up-keep. Enough to offset customer loss.

Yeah, and then they lobby 10 minutes every hour or so to go smoke.

I would have to disagree. Smoking, drinking and gambling, always have, and always will be linked together. IMO, any casino that bans smoking will lose most of the degenerate gamblers that like to sit on their arse for hours on end smoking, drinking, and gambling. Last thing they want is someone to take a break from gambling if they can avoid it.

Being from Florida, where smoking indoors in most place that are not stand-alone bars is mostly verbotten, the most memorable things about visiting KC Argosy and KC Harrah's last year on vaycay, was the putrid stale smoke stench at both places.

I never could understand why non-smokers can't just hold their breath while I smoke...

"The first Las Vegas strip casino that goes totally smoke free is going to be amazed..."

I agree. i don't know why none of them have had the guts to do this. it is the ultimate differentiator. Pyramids, castels, canals--how about no smoking?

Lol.

Seriously, I do my smoking (420) at home or in the parking lot. No reason the nic-heads can't do the same.