With gambling expansion continuing to be looked at in the capital to help fill a $2.2 billion budget gap, Adelson was reportedly shopping Sands Bethlehem earlier this year. MGM Resorts was allegedly in negotiations to acquire the property, but the deal fell through in May.
Adelson is strongly against online gambling, another area of expansion that some state lawmakers are calling to legalize.
Outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania casinos continue to allow patrons to light up while gambling. But a new poll released this week claims residents want that to change.
The study, commissioned by the Breathe Free Pennsylvania Coalition, found that 69 percent of adults in the Keystone State would support extending the indoor smoking ban to casinos and bars. Sixty-four percent said the law should also include electronic cigarettes.
The poll says its margin of error is plus/minus four percent. Presently, the state s Clean Indoor Air Act doesn t mandate that casinos, private clubs, and bars where minimum food service is offered to abide to no-smoking policies.
