June 12, 2008–The publishers of the American Casino Guide have announced the results of their readers’ poll concerning their favorite casinos in all major gaming cities.

Favorite Las Vegas Strip Casino – Wynn Las Vegas

Favorite Las Vegas Offf-Strip Casino – Orleans

Favorite Las Vegas Locals Casino – Sam’s Towm

Favorite Las Vegas Downtown Casino – Golden Nugget

Favorite Reno Casino – Peppermill

Favorite Laughlin Casino – Harrah’s 

Favorite Lake Tahoe Casino – Harrah’s

Favorite Atlantic City Casino – Borgata

Favorite Chicago-Area Casino – Harrah’s Joliet

Favorite Kansas City Casino – Harrah’s

Favorite St. Louis Casino – Harrah’s

Favorite Mississippi Gulf Coast Casino – Beau Rivage

Favorite Tunica Casino – Sam’s Town

Favorite Connecticut Casino – Foxwoods

Favorite South Florida Casino – Seminole Hard Rock

With more than 550,000 copies sold, the American Casino Guide is the #1 best-selling book in the U.S. on the subject of casino gambling and travel. Readers of the 2008 edition were able to vote for their favorite casinos by using a ballot which was included in the book, or voting online at the americancasinoguide.com web site and just under 1,500 votes were cast in the annual awards contest.

The 2008 edition of the American Casino Guide is $16.95 at all major bookstores, participating AAA offices and at America’s largest RV Club – the Good Sam Club. The book can also be ordered online at www.americancasinoguide.com; www.barnesandnoble.com;  and www.amazon.com , or by calling (800) 741-1596 and charging it to a credit card.

Anyone voting in the annual awards poll was also eligible to win one of 10 autograhed coipes of the 2009 American Casino Guide when it’s released in November of this year.

The winners, who were chosen randomly from all entries, were: K. Stickney, Auburn ME; J. Bunch, Matthews NC; T. Zeszotek, Brunswick OH; A. Fuller, Tonawanda NY; R. Wolf, Jupiter FL; J. Gumbita, Springfield VA; J. Skocelas, Gladwin, MI; B. Hector, Annandale VA; R. Koch, Pleasant Prairie, WI ; and B. Siejkowski, Cudahy, WI.