<p>Guests and employees were forced to leave <a href="https://www.casino.org/news/jakes-58-casino-accused-shooter-charged-in-new-york-state/">Jake’s 58 Casino Hotel</a> located on New York’s <a href="https://www.casino.org/news/sands-long-island-casino-bid-bolstered-by-lease-agreement-vote/">Long Island</a> after a <a href="https://www.casino.org/news/casino-crime-round-up-chemical-attack-threat-at-new-york-state-casino/">chemical</a>-like odor there on Friday.</p>n<figure id="attachment_329993" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-329993" data-style="width: 430px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-329993 size-post-thumbnail-430xAUTO" src="https://www.casino.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/jake-s-58-casino-hotel-1-430x267.jpg" alt="Jake’s 58 Casino Hotel" width="430" height="267" srcset="https://www.casino.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/jake-s-58-casino-hotel-1-430x267.jpg 430w, https://www.casino.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/jake-s-58-casino-hotel-1.jpg 700w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px" /><figcaption  id="caption-attachment-329993"class="text-description">Jake’s 58 Casino Hotel, pictured above. The property was evacuated on Friday due to a concerning odor. (Image: TripAdvisor)</figcaption></figure>n<p>The <a href="https://www.casino.org/news/jakes-58-casino-remains-shuttered-service-disruptions/">evacuation</a> began at 1 p.m. Officials found nothing suspicious at the property and was allowed back into the Islandia, NY gaming property at about 2:45 p.m.</p>n<p><strong>Three employees were checked out at a local hospital as a precautionary measure, according to <em>Newsday</em>.</strong></p>n<p>The three employees had taken part in what was described as a “welfare check” of a hotel room when they noticed the strange smell.</p>n<p>Emergency crews were alerted and searched the property. Responding units included Suffolk County police officers, firefighters, and EMS staff.</p>n<p>Nothing hazardous was located, according to News 12 Long Island and there&#8217;s no word on what caused the suspicious odor.</p>n<blockquote class="main-blockquote"><p>Out of an abundance of caution, the hotel and casino were evacuated by local law enforcement,” Michael Bonakdar, general manager of Jake’s 58 Casino Hotel, said in a statement.</p></blockquote>n<p>“After a brief evacuation, it was determined that there was no threat to the public, and all patrons were able to <a href="https://www.casino.org/news/casino-crime-round-up-battery-explosion-forces-evacuation-of-kansas-casino/">re-enter</a> the casino.”</p>n<h2>Dizzy Feeling</h2>n<p>One guest, Matthew Morano, 49, of Fire Island, NY told <em>Newsday</em>, he had felt a little dizzy. An EMT crew examined him.</p>n<blockquote class="main-blockquote"><p>They just wanted to check me out,” Morano said. “They offered me to go to the hospital, but I don&#8217;t need to take up a spot. I&#8217;m OK.”</p></blockquote>n<p>At about noon, he had checked out of his seventh-floor hotel room.</p>n<p>He remained in the lobby until 1:30 p.m.</p>n<p>&#8220;All the sudden, medics started coming in with stretchers,” Morano recalled. “There was a big scene around here.”</p>n<p>The post <a href="https://www.casino.org/news/new-york-state-casino-evacuated-temporarily-after-chemical-smell/">New York State Casino Evacuated Temporarily After Chemical Smell</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.casino.org/news">Casino.org</a>.</p>n