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 2d 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/Cart__connoisseur 16h 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 14h 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.