In another thread we have been been discussing health issues and the casino environment. I want to start off this discussion with an excerpt from another thread:
Yes, casinos are germ factories with people coughing and sneezing all over chips and keys and buttons, etc. Too many times I've been in restrooms and watched players and dealers fail to wash their hands. (I even reported this once to casino management who took action and for that reason I am not going to embarrass the casino by mentioning them here -- but if it happens again I will.)
Most casino restrooms are not "smart restrooms" and require you to touch door handles even after you do wash, or to turn off the faucet with your hand after washing.
I even have a page of what I call the "best casino restrooms" and I applaud these casinos for having touch free restrooms including touch free doorways.
See: http://alanbestbuys.com/id223.html
And I also was told about a hand-motion sensor that opens and closes restroom doors. See this photo:
I've seen people sit down at slot machines and use sanitizing wipes to wipe down the keys, and the arms rests and that's not a bad idea. But casino chips are never washed (although some Los Angeles casinos have told me that poker tournament chips are sometimes washed). And if you want to visualize something really disgusting -- I saw a poker player came out of a bathroom stall with a chip in his mouth who walked back to the gaming floor without washing his hands.
Do you visit a casino and then get "casino cough" three days later?
And compounding the problem is that there are no windows, no "clean air" -- and no sunshine to kill off bacteria.
I would love to see a casino come up with a "we care about health" campaign that includes sanitizing chips, slot machines, wiping down tables and arm rests and installing 100% touch-free rest room facilities.
And please tell rest room attendants not to put towels on the sink counters for me to use after washing my hands. I don't want to pick up a towel that was left on a sink counter. I would like the towel to be dispensed from a machine after I wave my hand by it.