Woman hits life-changing jackpot at South MS casino. Here are the details

Fourth of July fireworks started a couple of days early at the Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort in D’Iberville when a player won the second largest jackpot so far this year at a South Mississippi casino.

Patricia P. (no last name or state of residence provided) was playing Fortune Pai Gow Poker on Wednesday, July 2, when she was dealt a hand worth a fortune.

She won her $392,638.33 jackpot with a 7-card straight flush.

Patricia claimed her ceremonial big check at the table with her husband Allen P.

This is the third jackpot of $100,000 or more this year at the Scarlet Pearl Casino. A woman won nearly $145,000 playing blackjack in June and an unidentified player won $112,000 on a slot machine in May.

This latest win is just about $10,000 short of the year’s largest jackpot of $402,411, won May 9 on a blackjack table at Golden Nugget Casino Biloxi.

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This is the 11th jackpot of $100,000 or more won year to date at Coast casinos. They include:

$402,411 —Won May 9 by Santigo S. (no last name provided) at Golden Nugget Casino Biloxi. He played blackjack for about an hour and 20 minutes when he hit the jackpot on a side bet on the casino’s 21+3 Blackjack Progressive game.

$392,638 — Won July 2 by Patrcia P. at Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville playing the Fortune Pai Gow Poker table, with a 7-card straight flush.

$300,000 — Won Feb. 15 by a player from Birmingham, Alabama, at Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi on a 2-credit bet. It was a 2-credit bet on the same $100 denomination Triple Double Stars slot machine that hit a jackpot on Feb. 12.

$270,000 — Won Jan. 22 at Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi during a rare snowstorm. A South Carolina player was playing a $100 Triple Double Stars slot machine and won on a $200 bet.

$211.961 — Won June 16 at Harrah’s Gulf Coast in Biloxi by Jayne (no last name provided) from Texas, She was playing a DJ Poker game.

$150,000 — Won Feb. 12 by a player from Gulfport at Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi playing a $100 denomination Triple Double Stars machine with a 1-credit bet.

$150,000 — Won March 21 at Hard Rock Casino Biloxi. The unidentified player from Georgia was playing Triple Triple Bonus video poker game when, just minutes apart, she won $100,000 and $50,000.

$144,563 — Won June 13 by an unidentified woman playing at the Blackjack Blazing 7s table at Scarlet Pearl Casino.

$142,551 — Won March 7 by Shawn (no last name provided), of Mobile, Ala, at Palace Casino Resort in Biloxi while playing the Lightning Buffalo Link slot machine.

$112,098 — Won May 15 by an unidentified player in Scarlet Pearl’s high-limits Orchid Room on an Aristocrat Lightning Cash machine and a 50-cent demon. The player bet $12.50.

$100,000 — Won March 6 by an unidentified player from Kentucky at Hard Rock Casino Biloxi. He was playing a Game King video poker machine, betting $125 per spin on the $25 Triple Double Bonus Poke

This story was originally published July 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM.

Mary Perez

Sun Herald

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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.