{"id":36144,"date":"2026-08-13T13:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/?p=36144"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:30:30","slug":"palms-casino-in-las-vegas-opening-smoke-free-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/palms-casino-in-las-vegas-opening-smoke-free-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Palms Casino in Las Vegas Opening Smoke-Free Area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For those of you who like to breathe easy when gambling in Las Vegas, Palms Casino announced it will soon open a smoke-free area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Palms Casino in Las Vegas is opening a smoke-free space. (Image: Palms)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The fully-enclosed non-smoking gaming area will hold 7,300 square feet of casino space with 224 slots, as well as table games.It opens Aug. 24, but executives will host an official Grand Opening celebration and Spin It Forward IGT Celebrity Charity Slot Challenge on Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGuest feedback drives so much of what we do, and expanding our non-smoking gaming options is something we\u2019ve heard consistently,\u201d Kevin Glass, Palms general manager, said in the announcement. \u201cThis new space combines over 200 of the latest games, a dedicated bar, and a new gaming experience to create an entirely new way to play at Palms. And since Palms was recently recognized as\u00a0one of the luckiest casinos in the country<\/a>, we thought we\u2019d make a little more room for the winning to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite mountains of evidence linking the dangers of second-hand smoke to casino workers, gambling corporations have used its considerable political heft to ensure that people should be allowed to smoke in casinos, even in states like Pennsylvania and New Jersey where indoor smoking bans have taken effect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most casinos do have non-smoking sections, but cigarette smoke doesn’t follow the rules and usually finds its way into the lungs of those who don’t partake in the nasty habit. But the area at Palms will be a separate, enclosed area with its own bar located near the William Hill Sportsbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Park MGM is the only hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip with a property-wide no-smoking policy. The Palms is located off the Strip on Flamingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spin It Forward Celebrity Charity Slot Challenge that’s part of the Grand Opening on Sept. 1, will bring together invited local personalities to play on behalf of 10 Southern Nevada organizations, followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participating charities include Heaven Can Wait Animal Society; UNLV Chapter of Advancing Indigenous Science & Engineering Society; Proud to Rescue Benevolent Fund; Southern Nevada Joint Management Culinary & Training Fund; S.A.F.E. House; PBS Southern Nevada; The Ability Center; Make-A-Wish Southern Nevada; Springs Preserve Foundation; and Teach For America Nevada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each charity will receive a $2,500 donation from the San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, each charity will receive $1,000 in slot play provided by IGT. Each participating charity may choose to accept the guaranteed $1,000 donation or partner with a celebrity participant, who will play on the organization’s behalf in hopes of growing its contribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For those of you who like to breathe easy when gambling in Las Vegas, Palms Casino announced it will soon open a smoke-free area. The fully-enclosed non-smoking gaming area will hold 7,300 square feet of casino space with 224 slots, as well as table games.It opens Aug. 24, but executives will host an official Grand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":36155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[497,527,503,529,7421,499,7415,521],"tags":[2977],"vertical":[],"class_list":["post-36144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-poker-business","category-casino","category-buzz","category-poker-buzz","category-poker","category-poker-news","category-lifestyle","tag-casino"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":36144},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.casino.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-13-at-9.40.40-AM-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.casino.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-13-at-9.40.40-AM-600x600.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Bob Pajich","author_link":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/author\/bob-pajich\/"},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36144"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36160,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36144\/revisions\/36160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36144"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=36144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}