Kaw Nation opens first 100% smoke-free casino in Oklahoma

Monday, April 29, 2013

Kaw Nation leaders at opening of SouthWind Casino in Kaw City. Photo © Kaw Nation.

The Kaw Nation has opened the first completely smoke-free casino in Oklahoma.

The SouthWind Casino in Kaw City opened on April 6. The small facility offers 72 slot machines in a fresh atmosphere.

“The first thing they do when they walk in the door is take a deep breath and say, ‘Ah, it smells so good in here,’ ” floor manager Cece Stevens told The Wichita Eagle of new customers.

The tribe has no plans to go smoke-free at the larger SouthWind Casino in Newkirk.

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