Statewide, Iowa (RI) – A bill to ban smoking at Iowa casinos has failed to clear a subcommittee in the Iowa Senate. State licensed casinos objected, arguing they’d lose customers.
Tony Phillips is a lobbyist for Penn Gaming, which operates the Ameristar Casino in Council Bluffs.
Jake Highfill, another lobbyist for Penn Gaming, says the Ameristar Casino in Council Bluffs also has stiff competition from smoke-free casinos across the river in Nebraska…