POLL: MOHEGAN SUN NAMED NATION’S TOP CASINO

Mohegan Sun was named the No. 1 casino in the United States in USA Today's 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards, while Foxwoods Resorts Casino ranked seventh.

Twenty casinos were nominated, according to USA Today's 10Best. com, which announced the awards last week. The website chose the list of nominees with the help of Lisa Robertson-Dziedzic, editorial director of Casino Player and Strictly Slots magazines, and Tony Harrell, a travel agent specializing in casino travel.

“We're honored to have topped that list,” Ray Pineault, president and general manager of Mohegan Sun, said in a statement. “It's a testament to our whole team and how driven we are to provide the best possible entertainment and gaming attraction we can.”

In addition, Mohegan Sun's entertainment venue, Mohegan Sun Arena, was ranked the third-best venue in the world among those seating from 5,001 to 10,000 people by Venues Today, a leading entertainment trade publication.

In the USA Today 10 Best balloting, the other top casinos were: Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino; Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, Calif.; L'Auberge Casino Resort, Lake Charles, La.; Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City; Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, Reno, Nev.; The Cromwell Hotel, Las Vegas; Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Sioux City, Iowa; and Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, Las Vegas.