Lucky winner strikes it rich on video poker machine at South Mississippi casino
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- Scarlet Pearl Casino reported its fourth $100K+ jackpot win of August on Aug. 25.
- Seventeen jackpots of $100K or more hit South Mississippi casinos in 2025.
- Big payouts included a $1.28M win at Beau Rivage and $204K at Palace Casino Biloxi.
“Quiet room. Steady hand. Six figures.” That’s how Scarlet Pearl Casino announced the latest jackpot in August in South Mississippi.
The unidentified player was playing in the high limit Orchid room at the D’Iberville casino on Aug. 25.
In a year when jackpots are hitting on slot machines and table games, this jackpot came on a Double Double Bonus video poker machine and a $25 bet turned into a $100,000 win.
“No bells. No lights. Just the sound of a deal well played,” the casino posted on Facebook.
This is the fourth jackpot this month, the fourth jackpot of $100,000 or more this year at Scarlet Pearl Casino and the 17th of the year at South Mississippi casinos.
Another big win at Scarlet Pearl came July 9 when a woman from Smiths, Alabama, was playing in the Orchid Room and won a $96,939.89 jackpot on a $25 bet on Lock It Link 10-cent Demon slot machine. It fell just under the $100,000 threshold for the annual tabulation of casino jackpots.
The jackpots started hitting Aug. 1 with a $1 million-plus win and kept on going at four separate casinos in Biloxi and D’Iberville. They include:
$1.28 million — Won Aug. 1 by an unidentified player from Louisiana at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi. The person won with a $50 bet on a $2 demon Panda Magic slot machine.
$122,306 — Won Aug. 1 at Boomtown Casino Biloxi. The unidentified player from Mobile, Alabama, was playing blackjack and won the progressive jackpot with a side bet and 3 aces of hearts.
$204,273 — Won Aug. 15 at Palace Casino Biloxi by Charles H. (no last name provided) and his wife from Robertsdale, Alabama who hit the jackpot on the 10 cent Lightning Buffalo Link.
$100,000 — Won Aug. 25 by an unidentified player in Scarlet Pearl’s high-limits Orchid Room on a Double Double Bonus video poker machine.
The other winners of $100,000 or more so far this year are:
$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 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 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 August 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
