Midwest Gaming & Travel Magazine Announces Changes to Annual Readers' Choice Awards

Visitors to the Midwest Gaming & Travel website as well as readers of the monthly consumer magazine will cast their votes in a variety of gaming and hospitality categories, based on their experiences in casinos and casino hotels during the preceding 12 months. Winners will be announced in the June 2009 issue with winners of prominent gaming and hospitality categories also released on cable television stations, social networking internet sites and in daily and regional newspapers across America's Heartland.

Waseca, MN (PRWEB) January 13, 2009 -- Midwest Gaming & Travel, the No. 1 source for information about casino gaming in America's Heartland since 1995, today announced major changes for it's 8th Annual Reader's Choice Awards.

Winners of this year's Readers' Choice awards will for the first time be announced on a multi-media platform. In addition to the complete list of winners in the June 2009 issue of Midwest Gaming & Travel magazine, winners of prominent gaming and hospitality categories will be released on cable television stations, social networking internet sites and in daily and regional newspapers across America's Heartland.

"With the growing popularity of, and interest in these awards, it is important to acknowledge the winners in as wide a spectrum as possible," said Catherine Jaeger, managing editor of Midwest Gaming & Travel magazine. "The casinos and hotels selected by our readers have worked hard to provide their guests with a winning experience and deserve to be applauded," she said.

The other major change for 2009 is the way people can cast their ballots. In addition to voting for their favorite properties on the ballots in the March 2009 issue of Midwest Gaming & Travel, for the first time, selections can be made on the internet. Instructions in the March issue tell readers how they can cast their votes on the magazine's website www.midwestgamingandtravel.com. "In this internet savvy age, it is a natural progression, and a response to readers requests," said Jaeger.

Readers' Choice winners are selected in a variety of gaming and hospitality categories, based on reader experiences in casinos and casino hotels during the preceding 12 months.

Midwest Gaming & Travel is a monthly, four-color glossy magazine with an editorial coverage area that extends across America's Heartland. The established leader in its field, Midwest Gaming & Travel combines the fun and excitement of casino gaming with the pleasure and relaxation of leisure destination travel.

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