Smoking ban harms the casino business in Europe

In Casino Barriere, many players are also smokers.

With the adoption of the ban on smoking in known spaces, a new diversion begins. Its system are no longer in errand of casinos. Five summary at the Montreux Casino Barriere enough to understand that: heave on his cigarette and on the arm bandits penguins go hand in hand. Here, ashtrays located every 50 cm are most regularly met. Three out of four players are also smokers, said Gilles Meillet. The Swiss Federation of casinos sooner speaks of one in two. However, the executive knows only too well: with the adoption of smoke-open laws in Switzerland and abroad, the gaming houses evade every time! During the smokeexcluding month takings Casino du Lac, in Meyrin, chop by 15%.

Lugano 27%. routine, because smokers are 30 to 50% more than the others says Michele Foletti, Marketing boss of the establishment in Ticino, which has invested 3 million Euro in a casino level fanatical to non smoking population. warning the injure The ban on smoking in known spaces accepted by the Waldensians November 30 will become efficient between July and September. warning the injure lacking behind that 15% of our takings - which is this year 130 million - not 25% as moreover where, would have a slighter evil that we could prevent having to erase posts, Says Gilles Meillet. THis establishment employ’s 240 people. A non-smoking region already exists. It is softly revealed through stickers on the ground but impossible to skip: inside, there are two epoch excluding than players. Of the two budgets with or lacking smoke that had been established so well with the flash will dispose it.

The only way to salvage the furniture seems to exploit the possibility of installing cevaded smoking quarters, but lacking wrecked examine. We put up two windows facing the lake. Smokers should not feel like fish in a jar. We want something chic like Zurich airport. Gilles Meillet however ruins fairly pensive in his reckon of the rate of these constraints that the legislation will refine.

Numerous thousand, but in any container we can not present not to do so because many of our 1600 daily customers come excluding regularly, excluding time, due to the lever to internet diversions. We must lessen this phenomenon as the calamity is not in our errand!