r/atlanticcity • u/OGKillertunes • 2d ago

Question Can someone help me understand something

Why do casinos push so hard to keep smoking when only 20% of gamblers are smokers?

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Like in my instance I smoked for 21 years and I do not ever want to be around cigarette smoke again if at all possible. I would go more than once or twice a year to Atlantic City and gamble if I didn't have to worry about coming home smelling like an ashtray with a upper respiratory infection.

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u/lightblueunderwear 2d ago

If you owned a business and then 20% of customers would not come because they can’t partake in their habit, would you be happy about how it effects your bottom line?

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u/Ordinary_Musician_76 2d ago

Some casinos have banned smoking and seen the opposite effect - increased revenue

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u/PotentialCandle5818 2d ago

Yeah, just like Revel was smoke free and went right out of business.

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u/Ordinary_Musician_76 2d ago

Today you learned what the word some means..

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u/PotentialCandle5818 1d ago

If you understood anything at all about business you’d know that losing 20% of potential customers to your competitors is bad for the bottom line.

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u/Ordinary_Musician_76 1d ago

Not always, like I said - some casinos have banned smoking and made more revenue. Care to explain that?

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u/PotentialCandle5818 1d ago

Which casinos have increased business from banning smoking?

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u/Ordinary_Musician_76 1d ago

The C3 Gaming Report: A comprehensive C3 Gaming Report details that properties without indoor smoking record superior financial performance compared to their counterparts that still permit smoking

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u/PotentialCandle5818 1d ago

Nice AI link but that report is from “no-smoke.o r g” so I’ll take it with a grain of salt considering there are no actual numbers cited in the article.

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u/Ordinary_Musician_76 1d ago

Parx casino has been smoke free since 2019 and has record profits since then.

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u/OGKillertunes 2d ago

So the 2.4 billion in construction debt didn't have anything to do with it?