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Saarland parliament permits smoking rooms in gaming halls under amended law

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Saarland’s parliament amended the Gaming Hall Act on 12 November to allow smoking in designated, fully separated rooms in commercial gaming halls. Food and drink may not be provided or consumed in those rooms; the same rule is to apply in casinos. The change aims to remove unequal treatment between private gaming halls and state casinos.

Gaming-hall operators in Saarland may provide designated smoking rooms subject to separation and food-and-drink restrictions.

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