Casinos & Gambling

Editors' Picks

Best lost opportunity

Former Park Lane Mall parking lot

You're driving along South Virginia Street, admiring the bustling activity along the Midtown District, with new businesses ostensibly opening every day along the city artery and into Wells Avenue. Then you see it: a retail and commercial abyss at the corner of Plumb Lane and Virginia Street. After the remainder of the old Park Lane Mall was torn down in 2009, the site has remained vacant. At one time, actor/director/property developer Max Baer Jr. (better known as Jethro Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies) considered the site for a new hotel-casino, but his controversial plan to develop Jethro's was abandoned when he failed to came up with the capital. So if Reno does not want a new casino-resort occupying that land, what about an amusement park? It's better than that daily reminder of inertia that plagues that spot.

Readers' Picks

Best casino arcade games

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa

3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700

3. Circus Circus Reno Hotel

500 N. Sierra St., 329-0711

Best casino color scheme

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa

3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700

Best casino hotel

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Silver Legacy

407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777

Best casino restaurant

1. Sterling's Seafood Steakhouse

407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777

2. Oceano

Peppermill, 2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

3. Island Buffet

Peppermill, 2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

Best casino wedding planning

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa

3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700

Best casino spa

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa

3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700

3. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

Best casino dance club

1. EDGE Nightclub

Peppermill, 2707 S. Virginia St., 689-7444

2. LEX Nightclub

Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second St. 789-5399

3. Aura Ultra Lounge

Silver Legacy, 407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777

Best casino bar

1. EDGE Nightclub

Peppermill, 2707 S. Virginia St., 689-7444

2. Fireside Lounge

Peppermill, 2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

3. The Brew Brothers

Eldorado Hotel Casino, 345 N. Virginia St., 785-9089

Best poker room

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa

3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700

3. Eldorado Hotel Casino

345 N. Virginia St., 786-5700

Best place to cash your check

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Western Village Inn & Casino

815 Nichols Blvd., Sparks, 331-1069

Best male casino bartender

1. Dylan Evans

Peppermill, 2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Michael Wilson

Cin Cin, Eldorado Hotel Casino, 345 N. Virginia St., 786-5700

Best casino security

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Eldorado Hotel Casino

345 N. Virginia St., 786-5700

Best customer service

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa

3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700

Best casino hotel for romantic getaway

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa

3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700

Best casino carpet

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa

3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700

Best casino game dealer

1. Anastasia Chicodreff

Silver Legacy, 407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777

Most eco-friendly casino

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa

3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700

Best casino buffet

1. Island Buffet

Peppermill, 2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Toucan Charlie's

Atlantis, 3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700

3. Elements Buffet

Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

Best casino band

1. Decoy

2. Left of Centre

Best sportsbook

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa

3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700

Best female casino bartender

1. Aleta Rose Goodwin

Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700

2. Ilona Smith-Martinez

Bimini Steakhouse, Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, 2707 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89502

3. Taissa Lytchenko

LEX Nightclub, Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second St. 789-5399

Best casino

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Silver Legacy

407 N. Virginia St., 329-4777

Best players' club reward casino

1. Peppermill Resort Spa Casino

2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

3. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa

3800 S. Virginia St., 825-4700