I just walked thru Valley View Casino in San Diego County. I was very impressed with the no smoking casino area which is as big as the smoking casino. But the paytables on some video poker are lower in the no smoking area.
I found 8/5 Bonus Poker at $5 in the smoking area but it's 7/5 in non smoking.
EDITED TO ADD: Just got back from my day in San Diego and here are a couple of photos that I snapped inside the casino. The photo on top shows the video poker "section" in the high limit room and this video poker section actually runs against the wall. The high limit video poker includes $1 video poker, but at $1 the Bonus game is 7/5. You have to play $5 Bonus to get 8/5. And in the non smoking section there is $5 Bonus poker but it is a 7/5 paytable. So... non-smokers are penalized. I also found 9/6 Jacks or Better at various denominations including $1.
The other photo is just a general photo of the no-smoking casino. I am going to estimate that half of Valley View is non smoking and there are table games in non smoking.
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