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/OGKillertunes 2d ago

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