Lightning strikes twice as second jackpot of July hits at one MS Coast casino
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- Natalie W. won $96,939.89 on July 9 at Scarlet Pearl's Orchid Room slots.
- Scarlet Pearl has recorded three $100,000-plus jackpots so far in 2025.
- Eleven Coast casino jackpots have surpassed $100,000 in 2025 to date.
The second big jackpot of the month just hit at Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort in D’Iberville.
This latest one came July 9 when Natalie W. (no last name given) of Smiths, Alabama, was playing in the Orchid Room high-limits area of the casino.
She placed a $25 bet on Lock It Link 10-cent Demon slot machine and won a $96,939.89 Jackpot.
This win is just shy of the 11 jackpots of $100,000 and higher reported so far this year at South Mississippi casinos.
It hit just one week after a player won a $392,638.33 jackpot — the second largest of the year — with a 7-card straight flush on July 2. Two other $100,000-plus jackpots were won at Scarlet Pearl this year.
Other jackpots by amount
Eleven jackpots of $100,000 or more have hit so far this year at Coast casinos:
$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.
$392,638.33 — Won July 2 by Patricia P. (no last name or state of residence provided). She way playing Fortune Pai Gow Poker on and won 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 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
