Casino Player Magazine - Survey Results

Posted Aug 1st 2006 9:15AM by Joanne Lutynec
Filed under: Magazines, Awards

Casino Player Magazine has released the results of their "Best of" survey for 2006. The Bellagio tops the list for Best Poker Room, followed by the Mirage and then Wynn Las Vegas. Sorry April, the MGM didn't make the top three. The top picks for Best Poker Tournaments is led by Harrah's, Bellagio in second, and the Rio in third.

Following is a small portion of the results as copied from CasinoPlayer.com. You can check out their website for the entire list if you are interested in seeing if your favorites won. I definitely don't agree with all the choices, but it is interesting to see who the masses chose.

RESORT CATEGORIES
Best Overall Hotel Casino
1) Caesars Palace
2) Bellagio
3) Rio

Best Overall Hotel
1) Bellagio
2) Wynn Las Vegas
3) Venetian
CASINO CATEGORIES
Best Overall Casino
1) Caesars Palace
2) Rio
3) Harrah's Las Vegas

Best Players Club
1) Harrah's Las Vegas
2) MGM Grand
3) The Mirage

Best Comps
1) Harrah's Las Vegas
2) Caesars Palace
3) MGM Grand

Best Cashback
1) Harrah's Las Vegas
2) MGM Grand
3) The Mirage

Best Casino Promotions
1) Harrah's Las Vegas
2) Rio
3) Caesars Palace

Best Service
1) Harrah's Las Vegas
2) Bellagio
3) Rio

Best Dealers
1) Harrah's Las Vegas
2) Bellagio
3) Rio

Best Hosts
1) Rio
2) Harrah's Las Vegas
3) Bellagio

Best Race/Sports Book
1) Caesars Palace
2) Las Vegas Hilton
3) The Mirage

Best High-Limit Players Lounge
1) Bellagio
2) Wynn Las Vegas
3) Caesars Palace

Best Table Game Tournaments
1) Harrah's Las Vegas
2) Rio
3) Las Vegas Hilton

(image & source: CasinoPlayer.com)

Reader Comments

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1. There seems to me a lot of "Harrah's" for #1 under the customer service catagory...

I wonder where that customer service has gone for the WSOP.

Posted at 1:33PM on Aug 1st 2006 by Drizztdj

2. Extreme blog! Very cool!

Posted at 7:29PM on Aug 1st 2006 by Bill

3. Well, to make conclusion for me - Caesar's Palace is almost the best casino

Posted at 12:34PM on Aug 2nd 2006 by bfgoodrich

4. It's the time of the year that the polls come out --- the results of the reader surveys in Midwest Gaming & Travel and Casino Player magazines.

I always find the results fascinating as I look at who readers have chosen as the best casino in a given area, who has the best video poker, the best player rewards and so on. There are some built-in biases in the process. Casinos in high-population areas have an advantage over those with smaller customer bases. Temptation for casinos to do a little ballot-box stuffing is strong, though John Busam, publisher at Midwest Gaming & Travel, care is taken to weed out suspicious ballots.

Posted at 5:30AM on Aug 4th 2006 by Rocker

5. thanks for this information!

Posted at 7:45AM on Aug 4th 2006 by Poker

6. Excellent Information. I love the cover this time for Casino Player. Although, I am sort of sad to see that the Station Casinos did not make it in there.

Posted at 9:35PM on Aug 4th 2006 by Wager Witch

7. thanks too

Posted at 8:16PM on Aug 5th 2006 by Longer

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