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Every year for the past 14 years, we’ve asked Southern California Gaming GuideTM casino player readers to tell us their favorite slots. ese are the slot games they love to play and return to casinos to play again and again. is year we ran the Reader’s Choice voting for 2017 Best Slots online at TheGamingGuide.com. From May 1st to May 31st, readers chose their favorite slot games from lists of popular slots available in Southern California casinos, plus a write-in vote option, and an independent source tallied all of the thousands of reader votes with the following results: the Southern California Gaming Guide Reader’s Choice 2017 Best Slots.
function. Or it can be based on a popular concert star, or movie or television show, or a classic slot favorite. But a Best Slot is always a game casino players look for and play no matter which casino they visit.
When casino players have played a favorite slot, they’ve had fun and usually won, and want to play more.
is year, the consistent favorite with Southern California casino players was no surprise: IGT’s Wheel of Fortune®, in several versions. Wheel of Fortune® Double Diamond® TRUE 3D® was voted rst place Best Video Slot and Best Music, Movie or TV-Themed Slot, plus Best Slot Innovation.
And Wheel of Fortune® in its generic form, was voted Best Progressive Slot, holding its position as one of the Best Slots in the world. IGT launched Wheel of Fortune slots in 1996 and has minted nearly 1,000 millionaires and delivered over $3 billion in jackpots throughout its history. ere are more than 200 variations of the game that can be found on casino oors in more than 20 countries worldwide.
And from Bally Tech/Scientific Games, popular slots including Quick HitTM games in different versions, with the
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Best Reel Slot
Quick HitTM
Five Times Pay Ten Times Pay
Blazing 7sTM Black DiamondTM
Southern California casino players voted for their favorite slots in twelve categories.
All twelve awards feature the top three winners. And all three winners in each category are worthy to note. Southern California has 24 casinos and over 40,000 slot machines, so every one of the 2017 Best Slots award-winning slot games consistently delivers fun casino experiences.
2017 Best Slots
Random Drawing Winners
Southern California Gaming Guide voters had a chance to win cash prizes including one $500 winner in the Early Bird Drawing on May 15th, ten $100 winners and one $1,000 Grand Prize winner. e winners were drawn randomly from all the completed
online ballots. e $500 Early Bird Drawing winner was Jake F. from Torrance. And Madeline B. from Anaheim was the $1,000 Grand Prize winner. e ten $100 winners were from Bermuda Dunes, Spring Valley, Garden Grove, Cathedral City, Irvine, Los Angeles, Escondido, Redondo Beach, Sylmar, and Poway. At press time we’re still waiting for photos of the winners and will post them on our Facebook page when they’re received. ank you, everyone, for voting! And congratulations to all the random drawing winners.
Award-Winning Reader Favorites
For casino players, a best slot can be a favorite game with a thrilling bonus round, amazing graphics, or an innovative
Best Video Slot
Wheel of Fortune®
Double Diamond® TRUE 3D®
Quick HitTM Volcano Crazy Money® DeluxeTM
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
JULY 2017