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Economics
Atlantic
City casino revenue comparisons for smokefree month (Oct 15
- Nov 15, 2008). Table games and slot revenues dropped
more in September and December when smoking was permitted,
vs. October and November when smoking not permitted. Monthly
revenue loss was less in October and November, than September
and December, compared with monthly revenues from 2007. Click
here to see the summary of 2008 monthly casino revenues,
as reported by NJ Casino Control Commission.
conclusions
and overviews of economic data by governments and governmental
authorities
U.S.
Surgeon General's Report, 2006
short
summary
sections
about economic impact on casinos, from the Surgeon General's
report
New
Jersey Office of Revenue and Economic Analysis, report
to the New Jersey Treasurer
Delaware
Governor Minner, letter about impact of state smokefree
air law on businesses, casinos
overview
of information, especially economic
Economic
facts of smokefree gambling (approximately 5 pages), New
Jersey GASP
Trends
in Smokefree Gaming, New Jersey GASP
text
version in PDF format (17
pages)
powerpoint
version in PDF format (85 pages)
empirical
studies
Smokefree
law did not affect revenue from gaming in Delaware
(Mandel, Alamar, Glantz in Tobacco Control 2005, British
Medical Journal)
majority
of gamblers are nonsmokers
"Smoking
rates among gamblers at Nevada casinos mirror U.S. smoking
rate", Tobacco Control, February, 2008
December
2006 study by University of Nevada
press
release from the University of Nevada at Reno
full
study
80%
of regular gamblers want smokefree gaming; 5% increase
in patronage is indicated (2006 survey of 3,000 Australians)
short
summary
full
report
experiences
of smokefree gambling sites
list
of smokefree casinos (from Americans for Nonsmokers Rights)
Las
Vegas SUN, "Casinos'
fear may be so much smoke", October 22, 2006.
Cites Global Gaming Business, casino trade publication,
study that casinos might pick up more business if they
go smokefree. The article also describes how casino business
rebounds after smokefree air laws.
Las
Vegas Review Journal, "Gaming
executives told how to survive new smoking ban",
November 16, 2006
sections
on "experiences elsewhere" and "smokefree
policies are proliferating" from Economic
Facts of Smokefree Gaming by New Jersey GASP (or to see
the whole five-page document, click
here)
sections
on "smokefree voluntarily" and "additional
economic data on smokefree gaming" from Trends
in Smokefree Gaming by New Jersey GASP (or to see the
whole 17-page document, click
here)
predictions,
claims of negative economic impact, with fact-based responses
PricewaterhouseCoopers
report for Casino Association of New Jersey
The
reason for the PwC report; PwC's connection with the
tobacco industry
PricewaterhouseCoopers
report (26 pages)
response
to PwC report
by Alamar and Glantz, the
University of California at San Francisco School of
Medicine, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education.
claims
that the Delaware Clean Indoor Air Act reduced gaming
income
short
summary
analysis
of Dover Downs racino, Delaware, quarterly reports
Delaware
Governor Minner, letter about impact of state smokefree
air law on businesses, casinos
AP
story on Dover Downs' economic success, October 2006
Las
Vegas SUN, "Casinos'
fear may be so much smoke", October 22,
2006. Ed Sutor, CEO of Dover Downs, says "the ban
ultimately proved a good thing for his business"
This
page updated January 31, 2007
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