It makes me think that maybe, just maybe, the tribes are going to need a really big expansion of the vices available on their reservations. The Connecticut tribes are also, no doubt, thinking about a push to match here in Connecticut the extended hours for liquor service at MGM Springfield, where you will be able to drink until 4 a.m. Still, it is hard to imagine building a business strategy on that kind of addiction, though I guess big tobacco has been doing that for years. I'm a reformed smoker, and I've evolved from my early no-smoking years, when I was still envious of people enjoying a long drag, to bewilderment now when I see people light up, wondering how they can continue in the face of such overwhelming evidence of the harm they are doing to themselves. I was taken aback a bit to read that one strategy for Connecticut's Indian tribes to compete with the emerging casino industry in Massachusetts - including the spanking new Springfield MGM, which opens later this week - is to emphasize that gamblers can smoke here on tribal gaming floors.
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