Illinois casino officials continue to blame the state’s indoor smoking ban as riverboat gambling revenues have fallen for the fourth straight month, a report shows.
Each of the state’s nine riverboat gambling sites took in less money in April than they did in the same month last year, for an average loss of about 19 percent, according to the Illinois Gaming Board’s monthly report. Each casino also saw its revenues and attendance drop from March to April.
[I am sure the downturn in the economy and level of discretionary spending has nothing to do with the fact that fewer individuals spend money gambling.]
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The anti-smoking Nazis get their wish. Smoking gamblers just goo to Iowa and Indiana to enrich those state coffers.