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Reader’s Choice
Tens of Thousands of Readers Vote for Southern California’s Best Casinos
Every year since 2003, Southern California Gaming GuideTM readers have voted for Southern California’s Best Casinos. is year, the voting was held during August. Tens of thousands of readers lled out ballots online or sent in completed print ballots that appeared in the August issue. Southern California Gaming Guide readers are casino players in all 22 Southern California Indian casinos, and they know what they like.
It’s important to note that the Best Casinos awards every year are not chosen by our editorial sta , but by our readers, by one vote per individual, whether online or by printed ballot. During 14 years we’ve learned that Southern California Gaming Guide readers love to share their views about the casinos they visit. Every year for the past 14 years we have our readers tell us the casinos they think are the best of Southern California.
We value their opinions, and so do Southern California casinos, which are some of the best in the country.
e 2016 Best Casinos include awards for Loosest Slots Casino, Luckiest Casino, Best Casino, Best Casino Resort, Best Buffet, Best Entertainment, Best Casino Spa, Best Casino Golf Course, and more, a
total of 17 award categories. All 17 award categories include the best top three — rst, second and third place winners — and all three award places are noteworthy. A total of 51 casino awards are listed
on the following pages.
is year the voting results include
a variety of casinos, from the big splashy casino resorts to the
smaller properties. We
say this each year, and
mean it: All Southern
California casinos are
winners, but for the
readers who voted, some stand out
for their consistent extraordinary
service, fantastic amenities, fun creative promotions, incredible bu ets and restaurants,
and world-class entertainment venues and shows. In September, an independent source tallied the results of all online and print reader ballots we received in August, and here are the 2016 Best Casinos.
As a thank you for taking the time and a postage stamp (for print ballot voters) to complete the 2016
Best Casinos ballot, Southern California Gaming Guide readers had a chance to win one of ve cash prizes, $500, $300, $200, $150, and $100, in a random drawing of
completed ballots. Plus, the rst 100 readers who lled out online or sent in completed print ballots received either a free Southern California Gaming Guide tote bag or
an led ashlight key ring. ank you to all the tens of thousands of
readers from all over Southern California (plus readers in Arizona and Nevada) who mailed in or completed ballots online. And make sure you check out page 18 for the 2016 Best Casinos
Drawing Prize Winners.
Congratulations to all the casinos who are winners
of the Readers’s Choice 2016 Best Casinos Awards! Southern California Gaming Guide readers have spoken.
Loosest Slots Casino
Barona Resort & Casino
Sycuan Casino
San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
Best Casino
Pechanga Resort & Casino Barona Resort & Casino
Harrah’s Resort Southern California
Best Casino Resort
Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa Barona Resort & Casino
Harrah’s Resort Southern California
Luckiest Casino
Sycuan Casino
Valley View Casino & Hotel Soboba Casino
OCTOBER 2016
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