Non-Smoking Casinos in Las Vegas: Where to Gamble Smoke-Free

Yes, but only one Las Vegas casino resort is fully smoke-free: Park MGM on the Strip, together with The Reserve at Park MGM (the hotel that was called NoMad Las Vegas until December 2025). Park MGM has banned smoking and vaping on its casino floor, in its rooms and in its restaurants since it reopened on 30 September 2020. Everywhere else, Nevada law still lets casinos allow smoking on the gaming floor, so non-smokers rely on enclosed non-smoking rooms such as the new one at Palms (opened 24 August 2026) and Brian Christopher Slots at the Plaza downtown.

This guide was rechecked in October 2026 against the official Park MGM smoke-free page, Nevada’s Clean Indoor Air Act (NRS 202.2483) and current property announcements. Casino smoking policies change, so the dates are given for every claim and the sources are listed at the end.

Is smoking allowed in Las Vegas casinos?

Yes, in most of them. Nevada’s Clean Indoor Air Act, NRS 202.2483, bans smoking “in any form” in indoor places of employment such as restaurants, grocery stores, malls, movie theaters and video arcades. The same section then lists exceptions, and the first one is the one that matters on the Strip: smoking is not prohibited in “areas within casinos where loitering by minors is already prohibited by state law”. In practice that means the gaming floor, where under-21s may not linger.

Two details catch visitors out. First, the law’s definition of smoking includes electronic cigarettes and other devices that create an aerosol or vapor, so vaping is treated exactly like a cigarette. Second, the act explicitly lets owners go further than the law and declare a section, or the entire property, smoke-free. That clause is why Park MGM could ban smoking completely while its neighbors did not.

The act also lets counties and cities adopt stricter local rules, and every property can be stricter than the law on its own premises.

Smoke-free and non-smoking gaming in Las Vegas (October 2026)

The list of truly smoke-free gaming space is short. The table below includes only places where the operator itself, or a dated trade report, describes the space as smoke-free or non-smoking.

Park MGM: the Strip’s only smoke-free casino resort

Park MGM sits between the Cosmopolitan and New York-New York at 3770 S Las Vegas Blvd. MGM Resorts reopened it as a smoke-free property on 30 September 2020, after the pandemic closures, and in March 2022 CDC Gaming Reports could still describe it as the Strip’s “lone smoke-free resort-casino”. That remains true in October 2026.

The official policy is broad. Park MGM’s smoke-free page says there is no smoking in the casino, convention center, restaurants and bars, hotel rooms, corridors or common areas, including the pools, and that tobacco, pipes, vapes and e-cigarettes are allowed only in designated areas. Those areas are:

• the Ride Share Zone off the main lobby;
• The Reserve at Park MGM porte cochere;
• Central Park Terrace on the second floor of the convention center.

Marijuana, hookahs and “any other substance” are banned even in those three spots.

One naming change matters if you are booking. The boutique hotel inside the building used to be NoMad Las Vegas. MGM Resorts announced on 1 December 2025 that it would become The Reserve at Park MGM, with the full rebrand taking effect on 17 December 2025. Its 293 rooms and suites, the pool (now The Terrace Pool) and the Library bar are part of the same smoke-free resort. Older guides that send you to “NoMad” are describing the same place.

Gambling at Park MGM is a normal Strip offer: slot machines, table games, a high-limit area and a sportsbook. If you want a full casino without smoke anywhere near you, it is the only choice on the Strip.

Palms: an enclosed non-smoking casino room

Palms, west of the Strip on Flamingo Road, opened a fully enclosed non-smoking gaming area on 24 August 2026, according to CDC Gaming Reports on 12 August 2026. It covers 7,300 square feet, holds 224 slot machines and has its own full-service bar. The operator stressed that it is a separate, walled-off room rather than a “designated non-smoking section” painted onto the main floor, which is the key difference for anyone sensitive to smoke. The rest of the Palms casino floor still follows the usual Nevada rules.

Plaza: Brian Christopher Slots downtown

Downtown’s only dedicated smoke-free gaming space is Brian Christopher Slots at the Plaza, a slot area created with the slot-streaming personality Brian Christopher. It opened as part of the Plaza’s Main Street reimagination, whose grand opening was held on 8 June 2023. The Plaza’s April 2026 press releases still describe it as “downtown’s first smoke-free, social media-friendly gaming space”. Smoking is allowed on the Plaza’s main casino floor.

Why most Las Vegas casinos still allow smoking

The law allows it, and casinos have long argued that smokers, many of them heavy slot players, would take their play elsewhere. Park MGM is the test case on the Strip. In 2020 MGM Resorts gave no public figures about its effect on revenue, and the company has stayed quiet since, but the policy has now been in place for six years without being reversed. Former MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren had said years earlier that he expected Las Vegas casinos to “gravitate” toward smoke-free gaming over time.

The trend in Las Vegas so far has been smoke-free rooms rather than smoke-free casinos. The Plaza room in 2023 and the enclosed Palms room in 2026 both keep smokers on the main floor while giving non-smokers a walled-off alternative.

Tips for non-smokers visiting Las Vegas casinos

1. Book Park MGM or The Reserve at Park MGM if smoke-free gaming matters to you. You can walk to nearby resorts for shows and dining, and return to a clean casino floor.
2. Use the enclosed rooms for slots. Palms and the Plaza both offer walled-off non-smoking slot rooms; there is no comparable enclosed table-games room at either.
3. Ask at the pit or poker room. House rules for individual tables vary by property and change often, so ask the floor supervisor whether any tables are non-smoking before you buy in.
4. Check the property page before you go. Policies change; the official resort page or the hotel’s front desk is more reliable than an old forum thread.
5. Do not light up where you should not. Smoking or vaping in a non-smoking hotel room usually triggers a cleaning fee under the hotel’s terms, and police and health officials can issue citations for smoking where the Clean Indoor Air Act bans it.

The smoke-free alternative at home: live dealer tables

If the casino you want to play at is smoky, the same games are available from home in some states. Live dealer blackjack, roulette and baccarat are streamed from studios with real dealers, and you play from your own couch. Eight states have legalised online casinos; seven markets are live (NJ, PA, MI, WV, CT, DE, RI); Maine legalised a tribal-only market (LD 1164: became law without the governor’s signature in January 2026, effective 29 July 2026) that has not launched as of October 2026. Nevada is not one of them: Nevada licenses online poker but not online casino games.

Our guide to how a live dealer casino works explains the studio set-up, and online versus traditional casinos compares the two experiences honestly, including the parts that a stream cannot replace. For the games themselves, start with our live blackjack guide or the live roulette guide.

Gambling should stay fun. If it stops being fun, the National Problem Gambling Helpline is 1-800-MY-RESET (1-800-697-3738), with more help at ncpgambling.org and on our responsible gambling page.

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Frequently asked questions

Are there any non-smoking casinos in Las Vegas?

One full casino resort: Park MGM on the Strip, including The Reserve at Park MGM, has been smoke-free since 30 September 2020. Palms (since 24 August 2026) and the Plaza’s Brian Christopher Slots (since June 2023) offer enclosed smoke-free gaming rooms inside casinos that otherwise allow smoking.

Is Park MGM still smoke-free in 2026?

Yes. As of October 2026 Park MGM’s official smoke-free page bans smoking and vaping in the casino, hotel rooms, restaurants, bars, corridors, convention center and pools. Smoking is allowed only in three designated areas, and marijuana and hookahs are banned even there.

Can you smoke inside casinos in Las Vegas?

In most casinos, yes. Nevada’s Clean Indoor Air Act (NRS 202.2483) exempts casino areas where minors may not loiter, so smoking is legal on most gaming floors unless the property bans it. Restaurants, malls and other indoor public areas inside resorts are smoke-free by law.

Can you vape in Las Vegas casinos?

Vaping follows the same rules as smoking. Nevada law defines smoking to include electronic smoking devices that create an aerosol or vapor, so you may vape only where smoking is allowed. At Park MGM, vapes and e-cigarettes are limited to the designated smoking areas.

Is NoMad Las Vegas smoke-free?

NoMad Las Vegas no longer exists under that name. It became The Reserve at Park MGM, with the rebrand taking effect on 17 December 2025, and it shares Park MGM’s smoke-free policy.

Can you smoke marijuana in Las Vegas casinos?

No. Nevada allows cannabis to be smoked only in licensed cannabis consumption lounges, not on casino floors, and Park MGM bans marijuana even in its designated tobacco smoking areas.

Is Mandalay Bay a non-smoking casino?

No. As of October 2026 the only fully smoke-free casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip is Park MGM, which reopened on 30 September 2020 with smoking and vaping banned in its casino, rooms and restaurants and allowed only in designated areas. Nevada law lets other casinos, Mandalay Bay included, allow smoking on the gaming floor, so non-smokers there rely on finding quieter, better-ventilated areas.