Casinos suffer from smoking ban
The Bad Kissinger casino is another victim of the smoking ban
The Main Post has demonstrated on the example of the casino in Bad Kissingen, that casinos are suffering from the smoking ban. Compared to last year, there is both a decline in the number of players as well as revenue, particularly in the vending area.
In the first two months of the year 2008, ie after the introduction of the Bavarian smoking ban, the gaming revenue went into the Bavarian casinos fell by over 26 percent. Erwin Horak, president of the National Lottery Administration is opposite the Main Post of the smoking ban as the reason.
Otmar Lutz, director of Bad Kissingen casino reported that even a drop of 34 percent in the game results in January, came in February, another 10 percent decline to do so. Lutz is confident that the cause of the controversial ban on smoking for bavarian. Such players would have never been fluctuations, says Lutz. However, there had been from 1999 to 2006, always double-digit growth rates in the score. "The fact that it is sometimes less, it was clear. But there is so much less, has surprised me, "says Lutz opposite the Main Post.
Lutz confirmed that the guests would not play because of the smoking ban less. They play just not in casinos, where the smoking ban takes soft and easy to other casinos such as in Kassel or the Czech Republic.
Not only that Bad Kissinger casino suffers the loss of revenue by the smoking ban. The city will be surprised even smoother, but 15 percent of the gross gaming revenues into city coffers. In a good year were the least EUR 1.7 million.
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