NV Casino Voluntarily Imposes Smoking Ban
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Updated: 1:01 PM Nov 14, 2008
NV Casino Voluntarily Imposes Smoking Ban
A new Fernley casino has opened as what its owners call Nevada's first smoke-free resort from the start.
Posted: 11:25 AM Nov 14, 2008
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FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) - A new Fernley casino has opened as what its
owners call Nevada's first smoke-free resort from the start.

Fernley Nugget owners said their decision to build the smoke-free property was spurred by comments from non-smoking gamblers at other casinos owned by the same company across northern Nevada.

"Just by providing a smoke-free environment, I think it will make it inviting to those people who do not smoke cigarettes," aid Scott Tate, Nugget general manager.

Tate said smokers haven't complained much so far, but it remains be seen how the smoking ban will affect business at the casino located 30 miles east of Reno.

"It's a very risky move," he told the Lahontan Valley News and Fallon Eagle Standard newspaper.

The same company also owns the Fallon Nugget, the Fallon Bonanza
Inn, the Silver Springs Nugget, and the Comstock and Cactus Jack's
Senator Club in Carson City.

In 2006, Nevada voters approved a ballot measure banning smoking
at restaurants, bars that serve food and around slot machines at
supermarkets, gas stations and convenience stores. But the ban does
not apply to the gambling floors of casinos.

Shortly after voter approval of the measure, Bill's Lake Tahoe Casino in Stateline became the first casino to go totally smokeless at Lake Tahoe and one of the first casinos to voluntarily impose such a ban in the nation.

Bill's is dwarfed by its larger sister resorts on Lake Tahoe's south shore. All three are owned by Harrah's Entertainment Inc.
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Information from: Lahontan Valley News,
http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

AP-NY-11-14-08 1308EST


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Posted by: Gene Chait Location: Reno on Nov 15, 2008 at 06:23 AM

What is the NAME of the casino?
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