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Best of Southern California GamingTM Reader’s Choice Awards
Readers Vote Best Casinos in Southern California
Every year since 2003, Southern California Gaming GuideTM readers vote in the Best of Southern
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California Gaming Reader’s Choice Awards. is
year, the voting for Best Casinos 2013 was held during August, and thousands of readers voted online and sent in printed ballots to let their opinions be known about their favorite casinos. Southern California Gaming Guide readers are casino player guests at all 22 Southern California Indian
casinos, and they know what they like.
It’s important to note that the Best Casinos 2013 awards
are not chosen by our editorial sta , but by our readers. For ten years we’ve learned that Southern California Gaming Guide readers love to share their views about the casinos they visit. Every year we ask you, our readers, to tell us the casinos that you think are the best of Southern California. And each year we hear back from you loud and clear. We value your opinions, and so do Southern California casinos, some of the best in the country.
e Best Casinos 2013 include awards for Luckiest Casino, Best Casino, Best Casino Resort, Best Buffet, Best Entertainment, Best Casino Spa, Best Casino Golf and
Best Casino
Barona Resort & Casino
Valley View Casino & Hotel
Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort
more: a total of 15 award categories. All 15 award categories include the best top three: rst, second and third place winners, and all three award places are noteworthy. A total of 45 casino awards are listed on these pages.
We say this often, and mean it: All Southern California casinos are winners; but for readers who
voted, some stand out for their consistent extraordinary service, fantastic amenities,
amazing promotions, incredible bu ets and restaurants, beautiful and comfortable hotel rooms, and world-class entertainment venues and shows.
In September, an independent source
tallied the results of all reader ballots we
received in August, and here are the Best
Casinos 2013. And as a thank you for taking the time
to complete the Best Casinos ballot, Southern California Gaming Guide readers had a chance to win one of ve cash prizes, $500, $400, $300, $200, and $100, plus 40 copies of the new Williams Interactive and Phantom EFX slot game, WMS Slots: Ghost Stories. See the list on page 20 of the
Luckiest Casino
Valley View Casino & Hotel
Barona Resort & Casino
Sycuan Casino
45 winners whose names were drawn randomly from the thousands of completed ballots we received.
is year the Best Casinos 2013 winners include a mix of some past casino favorite award winners, noting that as times change, top player-rated casinos have evolved to
deliver more value and more fun to maintain their positions. And there are a few surprises with a few casinos that received reader votes for the
rst time to join the top ranks.
We hope you continue to vote in future
Best Casino and Best Slot polls and let your voices be heard. And if you haven’t voted,
make sure you do in 2014! ank you to all the many thousands of readers from all over Southern California (and even readers in other
states) who mailed in or completed ballots online.
And make sure you check out page 20 for a list of the Best Casinos 2013 Drawing Prize Winners. Congratulations to all the casinos who are the winners of the Best of Southern California Gaming Reader’s Choice Best Casinos 2013!
Southern California Gaming Guide readers have spoken.
Best Casino Resort
Barona Resort & Casino Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort Pechanga Resort & Casino
OCTOBER 2013
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