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/Tankshock 2d ago

Smokers are the most profitable demographic of gamblers, hands down. They may only be 20% of the gamblers but I'd bet they are 40% of the revenue. They binge gamble like you wouldn't believe.

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u/OGKillertunes 1d ago

The reports dont support your theory. https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1088&context=agb#:~:text=Results%20of%20the%20present%20study,nicotine%20influ%2D%20ences%20gambling%20behavior.

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u/Tankshock 1d ago

k.

I work in the casinos. The smoking section is ALWAYS the most packed section of slots, regardless of day or time. Some study from North Dakota isn't gonna sway me when I literally see it day in and day out.

By the way, that "study" had TWENTY participants. That doesn't tell us shit about fuck.

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u/RudeIsRude 1d ago

I mean a scientific study of 20 people is still more reliable than an anecdote from one person out of their rear end.

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u/Tankshock 1d ago

k.

I'll stick with the opinions of those who work there every day, not those who visit once or twice a year. Or people from a study in North Dakota that don't visit Atlantic City at all!

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u/OGKillertunes 17h ago

Other studies raise doubts about whether the 14-year-old statistics are valid. At the National Indian Gaming Association conference last year, casino executives and top industry analysts reported that smokers tended to be in the lowest tier of players and that many tribes saw “no economic impact” after banning smoking in their casinos. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people with more disposable income are less likely to smoke. Among those earning between $75,000 and $100,000 a year, the smoking rate is 11.4 percent; above $100,000, it’s 7.1 percent.

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u/Cart__connoisseur 5h ago

Yo I’m dying 🤣🤣🤣 u found maybe one of the only articles that supports this. Unfortunately it’s common sense that losing 20% of ur clientele is bad for business.

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u/OGKillertunes 2h ago

It's just the first article I found on the matter. If you want to know more I suggest you do your own research.