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In fact, Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut won the title of Best U.S. Casino from the USA Today 10Best Reader's Choice 2017 awards this year.
Lisa Robertson-Dziedzic, the editorial director of Casino Player and Strictly Slots magazines, and Tony Harrell, a travel agent with Abundant Travel, specializing in casino vacations, nominated 20 of the more than 1,500 casino properties across the country for the awards for the USA Today 10Best website.
Readers choose Mohegan Sun
After the nominations, for the four weeks leading up to July 21, USA Today 10Best readers voted for their favorite U.S. casinos. In the end, Mohegan Sun replaced 2016 winner Pechanga Resort & Casino as Best U.S. Casino.
Mohegan Sun is one of the largest casinos in the United States, featuring more than 360,000 square feet of gambling space. The massive 240-acre casino, hotel, dining and entertainment complex sits in between four major East Coast cities:
- New York
- Boston
- Hartford
- Providence
It's three casinos, Casino of the Earth, Casino of the Wind and Casino of the Sky, boast more than 5,000 slot machines and 275 table games. Plus, Mohegan Sun also hosts a 42-table poker room.
In November 2016, construction wrapped on a new $139 million, 400-room, 242,000 square-foot hotel, Mohegan Sun's second hotel tower.
Foxwoods makes the list
Additionally, the nearby Foxwoods Resorts Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut also made the top ten list, finishing seventh. Connecticut's other premier Native American gaming resort hosts 4,500 slot machines, 300 table games and the largest poker room on the East Coast.
As for 2016 USA Today 10Best top U.S. casino winner Pechanga Resort & Casino? The property fell to third this year. The Temecula, California property is in the middle of a $285 million expansion though.
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Plus, coming in second this year was the classic Las Vegas, Nevada casino property Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. Caesars takes up 85 acres of prime Las Vegas Strip real estate with a full-service resort property that includes an almost 125,000-square-foot casino.
Las Vegas well-represented
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Naturally, Las Vegas was represented on the Best U.S. Casino list by tenth-place Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa and eighth-place The Cromwell.
The popular Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa is ten miles off the strip near the Red Rock Mountains in Summerlin, NV. It hosts 3,000 slot and video poker machines, 60 table games, and a 20-table poker room.
The Cromwell replaced the aging Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon across the street from Caesars Palace in 2014, following a $185 million renovation. The Caesars Entertainment Corporation-owned property features a 40,000-square-foot casino with 440 slot machines and 66 table games.
Fourth place on the list went to the only Louisianacasino represented. The L'Auberge Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana boasts 70,000-square-feet of gaming space with 70 table games, 1,600 slots and a seven-table poker room.
Atlantic City's Borgata takes fifth
Atlantic City, New Jersey‘s top grossing Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa took fifth. Borgata has more than 160,000 square feet of gaming space with 3,500 slot machines, 250 table games, and Atlantic City's largest poker room.
Finishing sixth on this year's list was Reno, Nevada's Peppermill Resort Spa Casino. The property has 1,500 slots, close to 50 table games, a keno lounge, poker room, and a sports theater.
Ninth place went to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Sioux City, Iowa. This Hard Rock casino property features 835 slots and 26 table games.
Here's the complete USA Today 10Best Reader's Choice 2017 Best U.S. Casino list:
- Mohegan Sun – Uncasville, CT
- Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino – Las Vegas, NV
- Pechanga Resort & Casino – Temecula, CA
- L'Auberge Casino Resort – Lake Charles, LA
- Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa – Atlantic City, NJ
- Peppermill Resort Spa Casino – Reno, NV
- Foxwoods Resort Casino – Mashantucket, CT
- The Cromwell Hotel – Las Vegas, NV
- Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Sioux City, IA
- Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa – Las Vegas, NV
Plus, coming in second this year was the classic Las Vegas, Nevada casino property Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. Caesars takes up 85 acres of prime Las Vegas Strip real estate with a full-service resort property that includes an almost 125,000-square-foot casino.
Las Vegas well-represented
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Naturally, Las Vegas was represented on the Best U.S. Casino list by tenth-place Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa and eighth-place The Cromwell.
The popular Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa is ten miles off the strip near the Red Rock Mountains in Summerlin, NV. It hosts 3,000 slot and video poker machines, 60 table games, and a 20-table poker room.
The Cromwell replaced the aging Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon across the street from Caesars Palace in 2014, following a $185 million renovation. The Caesars Entertainment Corporation-owned property features a 40,000-square-foot casino with 440 slot machines and 66 table games.
Fourth place on the list went to the only Louisianacasino represented. The L'Auberge Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana boasts 70,000-square-feet of gaming space with 70 table games, 1,600 slots and a seven-table poker room.
Atlantic City's Borgata takes fifth
Atlantic City, New Jersey‘s top grossing Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa took fifth. Borgata has more than 160,000 square feet of gaming space with 3,500 slot machines, 250 table games, and Atlantic City's largest poker room.
Finishing sixth on this year's list was Reno, Nevada's Peppermill Resort Spa Casino. The property has 1,500 slots, close to 50 table games, a keno lounge, poker room, and a sports theater.
Ninth place went to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Sioux City, Iowa. This Hard Rock casino property features 835 slots and 26 table games.
Here's the complete USA Today 10Best Reader's Choice 2017 Best U.S. Casino list:
- Mohegan Sun – Uncasville, CT
- Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino – Las Vegas, NV
- Pechanga Resort & Casino – Temecula, CA
- L'Auberge Casino Resort – Lake Charles, LA
- Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa – Atlantic City, NJ
- Peppermill Resort Spa Casino – Reno, NV
- Foxwoods Resort Casino – Mashantucket, CT
- The Cromwell Hotel – Las Vegas, NV
- Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Sioux City, IA
- Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa – Las Vegas, NV
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The United States is home to more than 1,500 casinos – more than any other country on the planet. From coast to coast, gamblers have a huge range of options for where to place their bets. To help us find the best casinos in the country, we recruited Lisa Robertson-Dziedzic, Editorial Director of Casino Player and Strictly Slots magazines, along with Tony Harrell, a travel agent specializing in casino travel, to nominate their 20 favorites.
Mohegan Sun
Uncasville, Conn.One of two gambling destination resorts in Connecticut, Mohegan Sun features three casinos: Casino of the Earth, Casino of the Wind and Casino of the Sky. The three gaming floors between them boast a whopping 5,000 slot machines, 275 table games, 42 poker tables, a race book, two smoke-free areas and Sunrise Square, an area fashioned after an Asian market that offers traditional Asian table games like Sic Bo, Pai Gow Poker and Baccarat.
Photo courtesy of Mohegan SunCaesars Palace Las Vegas
Las VegasA classic Las Vegas casino, Caesars Palace brings the gaming experience to an ancient Roman setting. Encompassing 85 acres on The Strip, Caesars pairs its unique atmosphere and comprehensive casino offerings with some of the best retail, dining and entertainment in the city.
Photo courtesy of bwzenithPechanga Resort & Casino
Temecula, Calif.Located in Southern California, Pechanga Resort & Casino houses a 200,000-square-foot casino floor where gamblers will find more than 4,000 slots, 130 table games, 11 restaurants, a 700-seat Bingo hall and coming in December 2017, a $285 million expansion.
Photo courtesy of Pechanga Resort & CasinoL'Auberge Casino Resort
Lake Charles, La.L'Auberge Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana sits only two hours from the Houston metro area, making it a convenient place to enjoy 70,000-square-feet of gaming space equipped with 70 table games and some 1,600 slots. The casino's High Limits Salon offers even more tables and slots with denominations up to $100, while its 2,100-square-foot, 24/7 poker room has six tables plus one semi-private high stakes table.
Photo courtesy of L'Auberge Casino ResortBorgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Atlantic CityThe only nominee in Atlantic City, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa at Renaissance Pointe opened its doors in 2003 as the first new hotel in over a decade. Today, the 2,000-room resort offers gamblers 3,475 slot machines, 250 table games and Atlantic City's largest poker room, all spread out over 161,000-square-feet of casino space. Restaurants by Bobby Flay and Wolfgang Puck headline the culinary lineup, while the 2,400-seat Borgata Event Center plays host to some of the world's biggest names in music.
Photo courtesy of Borgata Hotel Casino & SpaPeppermill Resort Spa Casino
RenoReno players will find one of the city's top casinos at the Peppermill Resort, where more than 1,500 slot and video poker machines and 48 table games await. The casino also features a keno lounge, luxurious poker room and a sports theater with 61 big-screen HDTVs.
Photo courtesy of Preferred Hotels & ResortsFoxwoods Resort Casino
Mashantucket, Conn.One of two premier gaming resorts in Connecticut, Foxwoods Resort Casino offers 4,500 slot machines – ranging from penny games to $100 minimums – as well as 300 table games, high stakes Bingo at one of the world's largest Bingo halls, a race book with 50-foot digital projection screens and the largest poker room on the East Coast. Four unique hotel properties and over 30 restaurants make it easy to stay and play.
Photo courtesy of Foxwoods Resort CasinoThe Cromwell
Las VegasThe 40,000-square-foot casino at The Cromwell in Las Vegas includes a selection of 440 slot machines (both classics and the latest and greatest), as well as 66 table games. High rollers can play at three tables in the high limits area or inside The Abbey, an exclusive reserved gaming area with three tables.
Photo courtesy of The Cromwell HotelHard Rock Hotel & Casino
Sioux City, IowaGamblers at the award-winning Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City can choose from 835 slot and video poker machines (including penny slots and one of Iowa's first 3D machines) or 26 table games. Six restaurants and bars provide plenty of options for refueling between games.
Photo courtesy of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux CityRed Rock Casino Resort & Spa
Las VegasFrequented by both locals and tourists, the Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa sits on 70 acres of land near the beautiful Red Rock Mountains in Summerlin, about 10 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip. The resort casino includes 3,000 slot and video poker machines, 60 table games, a race and sports book with a 96-foot video wall, a 20-table smoke-free poker room, 600-seat Bingo hall, a 20-seat Keno lounge and two private rooms for high-stakes gamers.
Photo courtesy of Red Rock Casino Resort Spa
For the past four weeks, USA TODAY 10Best readers have been voting for their favorites. It was a close finish, but in the end, Mohegan Sun came out on top, dethroning Pechanga Resort & Casino as the best in the U.S.
The top 10 winners in the category Best U.S. Casino are as follows:
- Mohegan Sun - Uncasville, Conn.
- Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino - Las Vegas
- Pechanga Resort & Casino - Temecula, Calif.
- L'Auberge Casino Resort - Lake Charles, La.
- Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa - Atlantic City
- Peppermill Resort Spa Casino - Reno
- Foxwoods Resort Casino - Mashantucket, Conn.
- The Cromwell Hotel - Las Vegas
- Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Sioux City, Iowa
- Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa - Las Vegas
Congratulations to all these winning casinos!
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Tony Harrell
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Tony Harrell, travel consultant and owner of Abundant Travel, plans customized vacations for plus-size clients and customers of any size. He is a certified destination expert for Las Vegas and New Orleans as well as Canada. He feels that while Las Vegas is the obvious American mecca for gambling and other entertainment, there are other destinations across the country that are worth the trip.
Tony Harrell
Tony Harrell, travel consultant and owner of Abundant Travel, plans customized vacations for plus-size clients and customers of any size. He is a certified destination expert for Las Vegas and New Orleans as well as Canada. He feels that while Las Vegas is the obvious American mecca for gambling and other entertainment, there are other destinations across the country that are worth the trip.
Lisa Robertson-Dziedzic
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Lisa Robertson-Dziedzic is the Publisher of Casino Player magazine and Strictly Slots magazine. Now in its 32nd year, Casino Player has thrived as America's most popular gambling magazine. Over the decades, millions of gamblers have enjoyed and benefited from Casino Player's gaming strategies, as well as its ever-changing lifestyle stories. In 1994, Lisa launched its sister publication, Strictly Slots, the nation's only magazine written exclusively for slots and video poker players. Lisa is an accomplished director specializing in the gaming industry and has more than 35 years of publishing experience.
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Lisa Robertson-Dziedzic is the Publisher of Casino Player magazine and Strictly Slots magazine. Now in its 32nd year, Casino Player has thrived as America's most popular gambling magazine. Over the decades, millions of gamblers have enjoyed and benefited from Casino Player's gaming strategies, as well as its ever-changing lifestyle stories. In 1994, Lisa launched its sister publication, Strictly Slots, the nation's only magazine written exclusively for slots and video poker players. Lisa is an accomplished director specializing in the gaming industry and has more than 35 years of publishing experience.