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Thank You for Voting for the Reader’s Choice 2020 Best Slots! Volume 19, Number 8 • August 2020 Publisher/Editor Théon Banos Cross Associate Publisher Fenn Cross Publication Design Burk Design Group Art Direction Kevin Burk Advertising Sales Théon Banos Cross Contributors Gail Anders Maya Winkler Alex Winters Address P. O. Box 19267 San Diego, CA 92159 General Information: 619.462.5891 Advertising Email: Ads@TheGamingGuide.com 619.462.5891 @2020 Gaming Guide, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No portion of this publication May be reproduced without expressed written permission from the publisher. The Gaming Guide logo is a registered trademark of the Gaming Guide. The Southern California Gaming Guide is published monthly for a total of 12 issues per year. Subscriptions are available at $25 per year. Please send check or money order to address listed above. Readers are recommended to make appropriate inquiries before wagering any sum in relation to any ad, article, or feature published herein. The Gaming Guide shall not be liable to any person for loss or damage incurred or suffered as a result of his/her accepting, offering to accept or following any invitation or advice contained in any ad, article or feature published herein. The Southern California Gaming Guide is printed on 100% recycled paper. Please recycle your copy. Thank you for voting in July for your favorite slots in the annual Southern California Gaming Guide Reader’s Choice 2020 Best SlotsTM. Your votes are being tallied this month by an independent source and will determine the 2020 Best Slots and the winners of the random drawings for cash prizes. The Reader’s Choice 2020 Best Slots will be announced in the September issue, plus the prize winners. Twelve best slot categories were on the ballot, along with slot games nominated by slot manufacturers available to play in Southern California casinos, plus a write-in voting option in each category. The top three place slots voted in each category will become the 2020 Best Slot winners. Slot creators are thrilled to have casino players’ votes. Gaming industry writers and editors may have their opinions, but only casino players can decide the winners: the slot games they enjoy and play again and again. If you didn’t get a chance to vote for 2020 Best Slots, make your votes count in October for the Reader’s Choice 2020 Best Casinos. We’ll be giving away cash prizes again in another random drawing. The Reader’s Choice 2020 Best Casinos will be announced in the December issue. It’s the new normal at Southern California casinos where guests and employees are required to wear face- coverings and have their temperatures checked before they enter the casino. Plus in most casinos, 30–50% of slot machines have been taken out of service to comply with social distancing guidelines. That might lead you to think that reducing the number of slots on casino floors would yield fewer jackpots and big winners. But check out pages 10, 11 and 13 for Winners! SoCal Guests Play Safe and Win Big Slot Jackpots & Luxury Cars, and see some very lucky winners at featured casinos from late May and June and July. And don’t miss Safety First: Play Safe at SoCal Casinos on page 14 to read about updates to featured casinos’ safety precautions that promote health and enhance the casino experience. It’s all about feeling safe while playing at the casino these days. Meanwhile, please follow local, county, state and national health COVID-19 guidelines and stay well and safe. As always, wager wisely and have fun at the casinos. 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Gambling problems can affect anyone, anywhere, anytime — regardless of age, gender or race. Problem gamblers: • Cost the U.S. $8 billion annually due to crime, bankruptcy and addiction. • Get arrested about 3 times as often as people without gambling problems. • Are 2–8 times more likely to binge drink, smoke or do drugs. • Commit suicide more than any other group of people suffering from addiction. • Have called the California gambling helpline more than 200,000 times since 1998. • Are unable to control their urges without getting help! Is Problem Gambling Really That Serious? Help iissAAvvaailialabblele!!CaClalllthteheProPbrolebmlemGamGabmlinbglinHgelHpleinlpelinaet 1-800--GAMBLLEERR 2to4 hspoeuarskatodaay,g7admabylsinagwceoeukn, soerloyor u2c4anhoteuxrst tahdeawy,o7rdd“aSyUsPaPwOeReTk”,tor5t3o3r4e2qourecsht aFtRaEtEwliwtewr.a8t0u0reg.ambler.chat. PAGE 8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE AUGUST 2020 From the Publisher...