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Another big jackpot hits at Biloxi casino. See how high that brings 2025 total

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  • Harrah’s Gulf Coast saw its second $100K jackpot of 2025 on July 19.
  • Fourteen South Mississippi jackpots in 2025 have totaled over $2.8 million.
  • Biggest win remains a $402K blackjack side bet scored at Golden Nugget Biloxi.

The lucky 13th South Mississippi jackpot of $100,000 or more has hit at Harrah’s Gulf Coast in Biloxi.

An unidentified man was playing Double Top Dollar Saturday, July 19, when he hit the jackpot, said Nick Hackman, sales and communications manager at the casino.

This jackpot came on a slot machine rather than one of the progressive table games that have seen big wins recently at Harrah’s and other casinos on the Coast, he said.

This is the fourth jackpot at a Biloxi-area casino during July and the second of the year at Harrah’s.

So far this year, the 13 jackpots have totaled more than $2.7 million.

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 at Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville 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.

$233,519 — Won July 10 at IP Casino Biloxi by Jeffrey from Florida (no last name or hometown disclosed). He placed a $10 standard bet plus a $1 side bet to win the progressive jackpot on Light & Wonder’s Blazing 7s Blackjack table.

$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 at Scarlet Pearl Casino by an unidentified woman playing at the Blackjack Blazing 7s table.

$142,551 — Won March 7 at Palace Casino Resort in Biloxi by Shawn (no last name provided), of Mobile, Ala, 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 Poker.

$100,000 — Won July 19 by unidentified man at Harrah’s Gulf Coast playing Double Top Dollar slot machine.

This story was originally published July 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM.

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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