Soon Norman will not be allowed even to see the gambling floor at Resorts, or any other casino here.

Casino executives, however, say that if the ban is extended to the gambling floors, the financial ramifications will be disastrous.

The theatrical gambling floor has vibrant red carpeting, curved wooden chandeliers and a dance club in the center.

But on the gambling floor, bells clanging and coins clinking, the lights never dim.

A week later, the gambling floor was under water, in the city's worst flood in 30 years.

But Mr. Chow seemed lost when he left the gambling floor.

Because casinos tend to allow smoking on the gambling floor, American croupiers are exposed to secondhand smoke.

A vote could come today on a compromise measure that would designate a quarter of the gambling floor for smokers.

Inside, they swept through the entrance lobby, ignoring the hotel registration desk, and headed straight for the gambling floors.

There are other machines happy to take your money on the gambling floor.