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Readers have voted, and here are the Southern California Gaming Award-Winning Slot Reader Favorites
Guide Reader’s Choice 2018 Best SlotsTM. Every year for the past
15 years, we’ve asked Southern California Gaming GuideTM casino player readers to vote for their favorite slots. This year we ran the Reader’s Choice 2018 Best Slots voting online at TheGamingGuide.com from May 1st to May 31st. Readers chose their favorite slot games in a ballot with a write-in option plus nominated slots available to play in SoCal casinos. An independent source collected all of the thousands of reader votes, with the following results: the Southern California Gaming Guide Reader’s Choice 2018 Best Slots.
Twelve best slot categories were on the over 40,000 slot machines, so every one of
ballot and the top three place slots voted in the 2018 Best Slots award-winning games
each category are the winners. And all three consistently delivers fun casino experiences.
winners in each category are worthy to note. Congratulations to all the Reader’s Choice Innovation and Best Slot Graphics
Southern California has 24 casinos and well 2018 Best Slot award winners!
Best Video Slot
Dancing DrumsTM
Heat ’Em Up Power WheelTM Money FrogTM
categories. The game introduced amazing
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This year, casino player voting spanned a wide variety of games with a few multi- award winners. The popular Lightning LinkTM from Aristocrat Technologies won awards including First Place Best Progressive Slot, Second Place Best Slot Innovation, and Second Place Best Penny Slot. And the rumbling roar of “Buffalo!” that has stampeded its way across casino floors had voters choose four different variations of the BuffaloTM slot as 2018 winners.
IGT’s show-stopping Sphinx 4D® won two First Place awards in the Best Slot
Best Reel Slot
Buffalo Thundering 7sTM
Quick HitTM
Five Times Ten Times Pay
Black DiamondTM
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