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Grand Victoria Takes Top Honors

The Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin has been voted Chicagoland’s “Best Casino” for the third straight year in a row. The casino gets the honor from Casino Player magazine. However, it isn’t just as if the casino has gotten this top honor from some publication that probably only set foot once inside the door – no, it comes from the readers of Casino Player magazine, which makes this award worth so much more.

The casino got 26 awards for everything from their slot machines and roulette to their comps and restaurants. They literally took first place honors in Best Hosts, Most Frequented Casino, Best Steakhouse, Best Blackjack, Best Roulette, Best Comps, Best Dealers, Best Cashback, and Luckiest Casino.

Not only is the casino having a grand time celebrating their third year win, but they also have even more to celebrate. They also announced that on the lucky day – 7-7-07 – they had a lot of winners in their casino as well. They paid out more than $1.79 million in slot machine jackpots on that day – and in keeping with the sevens, it was actually a little more than 700 people who won.

Everyone who won a slot machine jackpot on that day left with a commemorative t-shirt that said, "I Hit it Big on 7-7-7 at Grand Victoria Casino". The casino says that they literally gave out all of their shirts and by the end of the day had none left. They also left with their winnings, of course.

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