Officals of the Illinois Gaming Association estimate that the state
will lose as much as 20 percent of gaming revenues as a result of the
smoking ban because of gamblers traveling to other nearby riverboat
states.
And Susan, don't ever expect that smoking ban proponents will admit
that the smoking ban caused the loss of revenue. It doesn't serve
their purpose.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.
>
> Sorry, but I beg to differ with you. Revenue was doing fine in ALL
> preceeding months prior to the smoking ban, then when it starts,
revenue
> goes down. I do think there is a stronger correllation to decrease
in
> revenue and smoking ban!!
>
> On 2/12/08, tralfamidorgooglycr
<tralfamidorgooglyc
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Correllation does not equal causation. There is no more reason to
> > believe that these events are related than that the loss in casino
> > revenue was caused by my recent purchase of an IPod (EVEN
> > THOUGH...THEY HAPPENED at THE EXACT SAME TIME!!!!).
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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