Connecticut Lawmakers May Use Alcohol To Rid Casinos Of Smoke

The battle over whether or not to allow smoking at two of the most well known casinos in the country is becoming nasty in Connecticut. Lawmakers are playing hardball with the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods tribal casinos.

Mohegan Sun has somewhat complied with the smoking laws in the state. They have banned smoking from their bars and restaurants and have agreed to install smoke ventilation system. It is not necessarily Mohegan Sun that the lawmakers are going after.

"We wanted to get them (Foxwoods) to the level the Mohegan's were at. The Mohegan's already comply with what the Bill proposes," said Rep. Tom Reynolds, to The Day of New London.

The new Bill puts more pressure on the casinos to bring their establishment into compliance with the smoking laws. The way they are targeting this being done is by threatening to not renew the casinos' liquor licenses.

In the liquor license agreement, a casino is forced to enter into an agreement to reduce secondhand smoke. If this is done, then the license would be renewed. The Attorney General has his own ideas about what should happen with smoking in the casinos.

AG Richard Blumenthal had propose4d that by 2011 there would be no smoking on gaming floors at all. In 2010 it would be reduced to fifty percent of the casino floor and twenty percent of the casino floor by this October.

February 23, 2009
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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