Casino Gambling

Labor Day Weekend is already a winner as another jackpot hits at a Biloxi casino

Labor Day Weekend started with a bang in South Mississippi as the sixth jackpot in five months hits at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi.

The latest winner, who didn’t want to be in the photo or be identified by name, was playing a Top Dollar slot machine Thursday, Aug. 29. It was a high limit, $100 denomination game, and she bet $200.

The winner was playing since 5:45 p.m. and her payback came an hour later at 6:46 p.m., when she hit a $100,000 jackpot.

This is the latest of a dozen jackpots already won at Coast casinos since the Beau Rivage’s 25th anniversary celebration in March launched a winning streak

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The sixth $100,000 or more jackpot hits at a Biloxi casino at the start of the Labor Day Weekend. This is the 12th jackpot since March at South Mississippi casinos.
The sixth $100,000 or more jackpot hits at a Biloxi casino at the start of the Labor Day Weekend. This is the 12th jackpot since March at South Mississippi casinos. Courtesy of Beau Rivage Resort & Casino

The others are:

July 31 — A player from Alabaster, Alabama, who asked to remain anonymous, won $160,000 on the $100 Pinball slot machine. at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi. The person started playing just two minutes earlier and played four games when the jackpot hit. The bet was $200.

July 25 — Peter H. (no last name provided) was playing Face Up Pai Gow at Harrah’s Gulf Coast in Biloxi. Defying the odds, he won a jackpot of $290,521 with a royal street flush.

July 21 — A person from Orange Beach, Alabama, hit the jackpot at the Beau Rivage Casino for $205,163.61 while playing an Aristocrat Mo’ Mummy slot machine at 2:28 a.m. with a bet of $11.25.

A player got a big return on a slot machine at Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville Friday, betting less than $2 before hitting the jackpot.
A player got a big return on a slot machine at Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville Friday, betting less than $2 before hitting the jackpot. Courtesy of Scarlet Pearl Casino

June 28 Three slot jackpots hit on the same day at Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville:

A man from Austin, Texas, hit $49,141.30 playing dimes on a Mighty Cash in the high limits Orchid Room.

A woman from Gulfport hit $86,038.09 playing dimes on a Lock it Link in the Orchid Room.

A man from Iuka, Mississippi won $99,800 playing The Triple Blazing 7s Double game.

June 24 —Karen S. (no last name provided) was playing Three-Card Poker June 24 when she hit the jackpot for $480,000 at Harrah’s Gulf Coast in Biloxi.

A jackpot of more than $125,000 hit on a Huff N’ Puff slot machine at IP Casino Biloxi.
A jackpot of more than $125,000 hit on a Huff N’ Puff slot machine at IP Casino Biloxi. Courtesy of IP Casino Biloxiu

June 18 — Duane, no last name provided, from Illinois, won a $162,868.67 jackpot at IP Casino Biloxi on a $5 bet on Dollar Storm Caribbean Gold slot game by Aristocrat Gaming

June 13 — An unidentified player won $160,000 at Hard Rock Casino Biloxi in the casino’s high limits room. The player bet $200 on the spin on the Double Diamond Deluxe slot machine and won the jackpot.

April 27 — an unidentified player won big with a $1,217,921.02 jackpot at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino playing a $1 Dragon Link game with a $25 minimum bet in the high limits area of the casino

April 19 — Rosa V. (last name not disclosed) of McAllen, Texas, was playing a $100 Triple Double Stars game in the high limit slot room at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino when she won a $200,000 jackpot.

March 8 — An unidentified player won a life-changing jackpot of $1,254,996 playing a $1 denomination Wheel of Fortune Triple Gold Gold Spin at the Beau Rivage.

This combined photo shows the winners of two jackpots totaling more than $770,000. These latest wins makes a dozen jackpots of more than $100,000 at Coast casinos since March.
This combined photo shows the winners of two jackpots totaling more than $770,000. These latest wins makes a dozen jackpots of more than $100,000 at Coast casinos since March. Courtesy of Harrah's Gulf Coast
Mary Perez
Sun Herald
Mary has won numerous awards for her business and casino articles for the Sun Herald. She also writes about Biloxi, jobs and the new restaurants and development coming to the Coast. She is a fourth-generation journalist. 
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