Casino workers have been complaining for years about the exemptions. The workers complain that they are subject to serious health issues, caused by breathing in secondhand smoke while they work.
The website bestlifeonline.com recently ranked the Top 10 Best Casinos in the U.S. if you Love to Gamble, with two Atlantic City gaming parlors making the list.
Bills advanced in the Senate that would reduce the casino's yearly payments in lieu of property taxes and add a $3 nightly surcharge on stays in casino hotels.
"Allowing smoking in casinos is letting this small minority impose their stinky and dangerous habit on the overwhelming majority, and it's time to stop it," an Atlantic County resident says.
With total revenues generated by Atlantic City's casinos being slashed by more than half over the last 12 years, other Atlantic County programs and services that rely at least in part on those monies are feeling the pinch.
Sen. Jeff Sessions opposed the Justice Department memo that paved the path for online gaming in New Jersey and elsewhere. As attorney general, will he reverse it?
Efforts to defeat the proposal were led by Trenton’s Bad Bet, a group comprising Garden state labor unions, businesses, community leaders, Atlantic City casino officials and casino reps from New York.
A lawmaker is introducing a resolution spelling out how taxes from North Jersey casinos would be spent -- though the tax rate still isn't set, as critics note.