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In article <1992Dec26.191207.9229@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> bspencer@cs.mcgill.ca (Brian SPENCER) writes:
>In today's Gazette, I read another stupid aspect of our new casino. They
>will not allow smoking or drinking in the casino. I think this ti, the
>government has lost all sense of reality.
>
>On smoking: I am not a smoker, nor do enjoy it when people smoke around
>me. But I think smoking should be allowed in a casino. All they have to
>do is declare some tables as being non-smoking, for people like me.
>Atlantic City and Vegas have them. So why can't Montreal? Because our
>government is being extremely short-sighted on this issue. They see a
>casino as a giant video arcade for people to indulge themselves at the
>government's profit. Well, that profit isn't going to arise if they
>continue to alienate huge parts of the populati. 
>
>On drinking: The big casino's give out free drinks while you play,
>hoping that it will dull your sense of judgement...and it works. Trust
>me, I know. The Sands Hotel in Atlantic City won $14M off one guy during
>a 5 year period by giving him free drinks. I'm not saying that drinks
>should be free in Montreal, but rather that they should be available to
>those that want them. Again, the government has missed on the purpose of
>a casino. If I'm betting lots of money and I need a crutch to help me
>over my nervousness, I want that crutch available to me.
>
>I think that with the no vice rules, the french only signs rule, its
>relative non-proximity to downtown, its rediculously high wages its
>going to pay its employees (a dealer in AC makes about $16K per annu,
>and whatever stupidity that sure to follow, this casino will lose money.
>They will have to either close the casino or sell it to private
>enterprise (heaven forbid). At first, I thought that a casino in
>Montreal would be a good idea. Now, I'm not so sure.
>
>Anyway, everybody have a good week. I'm drivng to Atlantic City on
>Monday to the land of english signs, free drinks, and smoking at a
>blackjack table (if I so choosed).
>
>Brian Spencer (bspencer@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca)
>

  Well said Brian!

 Martin Cholette