Jump to full article: KKTV 11 (Colorado Springs / Pueblo, CO), 2008-07-14
Intro: According to Colorado law only cigar bars can allow it, but some casino owners say they sell enough tobacco to be considered a cigar bar.
Last month Midnight Rose, Double Eagle and Bronco Billy's were given tickets by the city's police chief after a civil complaint was filed. Gold Rush got their ticket on Saturday. The only casino who quit allowing smokers is Double Eagle.
The casino owners who were ticketed may have felt they hit the jackpot.
"There's a way around everything," said Pattie Chavez, a smoker.
Owners found what some would call a loophole around Colorado's State-Wide Smoking Ban Law.
"That's obviously what the casinos think," said Cripple Creek Councilman Gary Ledford.
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