Macau casinos to ban smoking on gaming floor
By Howard Stutz, Law Vegas Review-Journal
Come October, Macau’s casinos won’t smell the same.
The special administrative region government last month told its resort operators that smoking will be banned on mass-market gaming floors starting Oct. 6.
Here’s the surprise: Macau’s six casino operators — including MGM Resorts International, Wynn Resorts Ltd. and Las Vegas Sands Corp. — asked for the prohibition.
The ban doesn’t include Macau’s private gaming rooms. Casinos can build smoking rooms on the gaming floors, which have their own heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. But the rooms can’t include table games or slot machines.