Smoking ban casinos brought foreign sales
Smoking makes it possible: The sales decline in casinos not only in Salzburg and Bregenz
Recession everywhere - this has an impact on revenues from casinos. Worldwide revenue fell to the casinos, only two were able to determine: the Casino Salzburg and Bregenz. The gross gaming revenues of casinos in Salzburg last year rose by nearly 14 percent to 13.1 million euros, in Bregenz, it looked like a positive. Kurt Pipal, director of "Casino Salzburg" also states the reasons: "Smoking in Germany have given us the turnover pulse. Bregenz also expected as we have benefited from Germany's smoking ban. "
Overall, the Austrian casinos to just 0.3 percent have increased, but only thanks to the plants in Salzburg and Bregenz. This is Austria, thanks to the German smoking ban, the world's only country that could generate at its gaming facilities revenue growth.
The directors of Bavarian casinos had already identified the problem last year and asked the state government to a relaxation of the ban, which the operators was also agreed ( News reported smoking ). By the Bavarian smoking ban that was only possible in an adjoining room.
Ralf item from the casino in Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria felt the smoking ban particularly strong. Masses of the players deviated from the neighboring casino to Salzburg. "Playing together and smoking is one of many guests," said item. After the option was created in Bavaria, to smoke in other rooms, although occasionally the players came back again, but do item: "A regular customer who has ever gone anywhere else, does not come back up automatically."
Where the players can not escape to a country where smoking is allowed in the casinos, are visited more small businesses, or anywhere where smoking is prohibited, has been an increased volume of both illegal gambling dens, and from gambling identified on the Internet. With all the associated potential problems such as organized crime and fraud to the customer.
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Not only must the Bavarian casino, thanks to the smoking ban, live with the absence of the players. Many Watt and Sheepshead and more rounds are migrated from the tavern in private party room or smaller clubhouses and the like.
If "YES" in the popular vote wins, this trend will certainly continue significantly. Who wants to break like the games because of the numerous smoking breaks? There are already so many "Brunzpausen" annoying, but you can still offset by a so-called "Brunzkartler".
The loser of a victory of "total smoking ban" would turn beer economies and their smoking, but also many non-smokers. It is hardly to be expected that in future the storm so far remained at home Non smoking (The play anyway prefer "Schwarza pedagogical" or something similar with their wives and children) in droves to the now smoke-free beer economies.
PS: From the original idea of the health of gastro-staff speaks almost no one any longer anyway. Rather, it is now to the arguments: The clothes stink, I do not inhale the stench of smoke, the smoke is to go out etc..