This article was last updated April 7, 2026. Nonsmoking areas subject to change.
Smoking is still prevalent in Las Vegas casinos. Park MGM is the only one that is entirely nonsmoking. Many locals casinos and two downtown ones have slot areas where smoking is not permitted. This leaves few options for players bothered by cigarette and cigar smoke. However, many video poker machines in nonsmoking areas offer great returns and clean air.
Payback percentages are theoretical and based on playing five coins per hand and using perfect strategy. Due to variance, short-term results are often different.
Park MGM
Park MGM is entirely nonsmoking
Park MGM offers the only nonsmoking casino floor on the Las Vegas Strip. While the video poker quality is typical of the Strip at most denominations, good games exist.
Players looking for bar service will find some games that return around 98% at Park MGM. The casino bar offers 7/5 Bonus Poker (98.01%), 9/5 Double Double Bonus (97.87%), and 9/6/5 Double Bonus (97.81%) at $1 and higher denominations. Don’t be fooled by the 9/6/4 Double Bonus offered in quarter and half-dollar denominations. While 9/6 sounds great for a paytable, this game returns 96.38%.
The high-limit slots room has 99% video poker. This starts at the $10 denomination and often goes up to $100. The options include 8/5 Bonus Poker (99.17%), 9/7 Double Bonus (99.11%), 9/6 Double Double Bonus (98.98%), and 15/9 Deuces Wild (98.91%). These games are also available next to the casino bar and at the BetMGM Sportsbook bar in $0.50 and $1 denominations.
Plaza
Smokefree Room, Bingo Lobby and Carousel Bar
Plaza has three nonsmoking gaming areas. The locations are the smokefree room next to the food court, Carousel Bar, and outside the bingo room on the third floor. Video poker with a 99% and better return is found in three of these areas. The best game is 9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe (99.64%). That is the best nonsmoking bar video poker game in Las Vegas. The other 99% options are 9/6 Jacks or Better (99.54%), 9/7 Double Bonus, and 8/5 Bonus Poker. Carousel Bar has two Game King machines with the same paytables. These games are available in denominations of $0.50, $1, $2, and $5.
Two old Game Kings outside the bingo room offer the above games and an unusual Deuces and Joker Wild title (99.07%) where five wilds pay 10,000 credits, 2.5 times more than a royal flush. These two machines also have 9/6 Double Double Bonus (98.98%) and 15/9 Deuces Wild. Denominations run from $0.25 to $2.
The Carousel Bar is outside the main entrance. To avoid smoke, the bingo room is accessible from the parking deck and hotel elevators.
Green Valley Ranch
Nonsmoking games found in the keno lounge
Green Valley Ranch, a Station Casinos property, recently moved its nonsmoking games to the keno lounge. The best nonsmoking video poker games in Las Vegas are in this room. A bank of 100% machines that deal 10/7 Double Bonus (100.17%), 15/8 Loose Deuces (100.15%), and 10/6 Double Double Bonus (100.06%). Double Bonus and Double Double Bonus come in quarter, half-dollar, and dollar denominations. Loose Deuces is only offered in quarters.
Green Valley Ranch also has two banks of “Up to 99.8%” machines. The options on these devices include 9/5 Triple Bonus Plus (99.8%), 16/10 Deuces Wild (99.73%), 9/5 Super Double Bonus (99.69%), 9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe, 9/6 Jacks or Better, and 9/6 Double Double Aces and Faces (99.46%). These games come in $0.25, $0.50, and $1 options.
Santa Fe Station
Nonsmoking area between Oyster Bar and STN Sportsbook
Santa Fe Station, also a Station property, has a nonsmoking area between the sportsbook and oyster bar. It has the same 100% games as Green Valley Ranch does. It also has quarter, half-dollar, and dollar 8/5 Bonus Poker, 9/7 Double Bonus, and 9/6 Double Double Bonus. Enter from the parking deck closest to US 95 to avoid all smoking areas.
Rampart
Slot floor between sportsbook and buffet
Rampart has a nonsmoking area in the back of the casino near the hotel and sportsbook. Many machines are video poker. The best single-line video poker games are 8/5 Bonus Poker, 9/7 Double Bonus, and 9/6 Double Double Bonus. Ten Play machines add an 8/6 Bonus Poker game that pays double on a straight flush, giving it a return of 99.07%, as opposed to the normal 98.49% the 8/6 paytable typically pays. Denominations run from quarter up to dollar. Ten Play games run from nickel up to dollar. The back parking lot gives direct access to this area.
Rio
Masquerade Tower side of the casino floor, enter through Masquerade parking deck
Rio made its entire Masquerade Tower’s casino floor nonsmoking, including the bar. It has the second-largest nonsmoking casino space in Las Vegas. The bar and casino floor have 9/6 Jacks or Better (99.54%), full-pay Deuces Wild Bonus (99.45%), 9/7 Double Bonus Aces and Faces (99.24%), 8/5 Bonus Poker (99.17%), and 9/7 Double Bonus (99.11%). Guests may avoid all smoking areas by entering from the Masquerade parking deck.
Suncoast
UPDATE 7/24/26:
Suncoast no longer has a nonsmoking area – it was converted to convention space, as was the former bingo room adjacent to it. The new bingo room is the only nonsmoking space remaining at Suncoast.
Gold Coast
West side of casino floor, enter doors closest to Wynn Road
Gold Coast, a Boyd Gaming casino, has a nonsmoking area on the west side of the building. A bank of eight “Up to 99.8%” machines is in the back near the sports bar. The best game is 9/5 Triple Bonus Plus. Other options include 9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe, 9/6 Jacks or Better, 9/6 Double Double Aces and Faces, and 20/9 Bonus Deuces Wild. Quarter, half-dollar, and dollar are the available denominations for these games. This side of the casino has several entrances near Wynn Road. Denominations are $0.25, $0.50, and $1.
Cannery
Near parking deck entrance
Cannery is a Boyd Gaming casino in North Las Vegas. It has the same “Up to 99.8%” machines in a nonsmoking area near the parking deck.
Sam’s Town
Second floor, accessible from east parking deck
Sam’s Town offers a unique video poker game in its second-story nonsmoking area. It is Triple Deuces Wild (99.92%). This game pays 600 coins for quad deuces. It lowers the flush and full house by a coin to offset that. Players may enter this part of the casino from the parking deck to avoid all smoky parts of the casino. Boyd Gaming owns Sam’s Town.
Westgate
Near Starbucks and the hotel front desk
Westgate’s nonsmoking video poker is not as great as most casinos listed above. However, it gets bonus points for offering some games around 99% at the Velvet Bar. This is near the front desk just off the casino floor. Velvet Bar has $1, $2, and $5 9/7 Double Bonus and 9/6 Double Double Bonus. Guests may enter from the parking deck to avoid smoking areas.
Non smoking areas in smoking casinos that aren’t fully enclosed are in essence still smoking areas. Smoke doesn’t stay on one side of the walkway. I go to the Santa Fe Station and trust me I know.
We’re 100% with you Sherry – there are casinos who have found ways to offer smoking areas that are fully separated, and that makes more sense! Las Vegas is behind the curve vs. other markets on this, but with our space and Park MGM leading the way, we hope more will come around with time.