Springfield, Illinois -- The Illinois Senate early Friday voted down a measure that would have allowed casino patrons to continue lighting up next year even as smokers in all other public places in the state are forced to snuff out their cigarettes. However, proponents of the idea could try again today.

Groningen – The Holland Casino in Groningen does not need to ban smoking. The court has rejected the demand from a casino worker was calling for a smoke-free workplace. The man says he has respiratory problems after having to work in a smoky environment. The court said it would be too drastic a move to require the casino to ban smoking since it is a part of the hospitality industry.

Atlantic City, New Jersey -- The air inside Atlantic City's casinos was notably cleaner Sunday, as a restrictive new smoking law took effect. Well-placed signs let gamblers determine which areas were OK to smoke in, and only a few patrons had to be reminded not to light up in no-smoking areas. The new law restricts smoking to no more than 25 percent of a casino's floor. It went into effect Sunday, exactly a year after New Jersey's Smoke-Free Air Act prohibited cigar, cigarette and pipe smoking in restaurants, bars, private office buildings and other indoor places.

Casino operators are likely to see an 8.4% drop in income from table games and an even larger fall in gaming machine income once the English smoking ban comes into force in July, experts have warned. A new report from Global Betting and Gaming Consultants (GBGC) says the Scottish experience since the March 2006 ban indicates that operators south of the border are set to suffer.

Newark, New Jersey - Atlantic City's casinos should be completely smoke-free, but a full ban should wait until it's clear how a partial one enacted last week will work, Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Monday. Up to a quarter of casino floors are to be walled off and set aside as smoking areas by April 15 under the city regulation. "Ideally, I think we ought to have completely smoke-free casino floors," Corzine said after an unrelated news conference in Newark. "I'd like to see a complete ban. But this is a very positive step forward."

Er ist die Arbeitsbekleidung der Croupiers, man trägt ihn zu Hochzeiten, Bällen, VIP-Abenden oder auch zu einem Spielbankbesuch mit einem Smoking ist man bei festlichen Gelegenheiten immer passend gekleidet. Ein edles Kleidungsstück, das unser Werbepartner ZAX Collection für die ersten drei Gewinner auf unserem Online-Poker-Spiel "Jacks or Better" im September bereitstellt. Kaum war dieser Preis im ISA-CASINOS Forum und im ISA-CASINOS-Chat angekündigt, ließen die ersten Spieler wissen, dass sie bis zum Umfallen um die Smokings kämpfen werden.