• March 29, 2024

Odds on smoking ban being eased

Spain’s Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has revealed that he met recently with Sheldon Adelson, the American casino magnate, but stressed that “no decision has yet been made” on whether to relax Spain’s smoking ban in the gaming rooms of ‘Eurovegas’, according to an El Pais story.

The huge Eurovegas complex is set to be built in the Alcorcón area of Madrid.

Both Adelson and Madrid’s regional premier, Ignacio González, said on Tuesday that they took it as read that smoking would be permitted at Eurovegas.

But Rajoy, while confirming only that he had met with Adelson and saying that it was his job as prime minister to listen and speak to people, added that Eurovegas was a good project that would create many jobs.