VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Casinos Pump in Extra Oxygen
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on July 29, 2022.
One of the most enduring myths of Vegas is that casinos pump oxygen onto casino floors to keep players alert and increase their playing time. Could this be true or based partly in truth? And, if not, how did it start?
“The rumor regarding the pumping of oxygen into casinos is not true,” Tony Cabot, distinguished fellow in gaming law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, told Casino.org.
And there are several reasons why.
For one, a typical Las Vegas casino contains 1 million cubic liters of air. To raise the oxygen level just a single percent would use more than 40,000 cubic meters of oxygen gas every day, an incredible expense, according to the Arizona heating, venting, and air conditioning company Parker & Sons.
