Atlantic City Is currently involved in a  debate as far as smoking inside casinos. Donald Trump in a interview last week made the comment that he is against smoking in general, however, because he owns a casino , he said that he wishes this new law does not go into affect.  Mr. Trump mentioned in his interview that if the new law were to pass that he would lose millions in revenue on a monthly basis.  Mr. Trump also stated that more than half of his guest that do stay in his hotels as well as his casinos are smokers and he is siding with them.

Smoking is permitted in Philadelphia’s casinos  as well as New Jersey, so Donald is asking all of the other casino  owners to sue over the smoking ban.  Mr. Trump is not a smoker, however he is a great businessman and when he see’s that something is going to affect his profits he will speak up.  Donald Trump is definitely known for his hit TV. show as well as many of his business ventures.

Tom Myers of All Star Casinos made mention in an interview that the smoking ban will cause his gambling revenue to drop 30% and his alcohol consumption % will drop more than that. In Washington 6 casinos have closed their doors already due to revenue loss.  Ironically some local youth sports , soccer, swimming and baseball actually get their funding from Bingo and other gambling taxes.  So as you can see, in the long run this smoking ban will even hurt the kids.

In closing,  is this the right thing to do? Tell people who live in the United States of America that they can’t do what they have been doing anymore.  If they take smoking away from the gamblers, then they will just move to a casino that does allow it.  Like a famous man once said “ Can’t we all just get along. “