$20 bet on popular Buffalo slot machine pays out 20th South MS jackpot of year
Buffalo slot machines are some of the most popular in South Mississippi, and a player’s 34-minute “stampede” won a jackpot over the weekend on one of the games.
The unidentified person from Norcross, Georgia, started playing at 10:01 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26. At 10:35 p.m. the player hit the jackpot at Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi.
The winner made a $20 bet on the Buffalo Cash 10-cent denomination and the game paid out $117,467.05.
This is the seventh jackpot of $100,000 or more won at the Beau Rivage this year and the 20th to hit at Biloxi area casinos.
The winners are:
$1.28 million — Won Aug. 1 by a Louisiana player at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino on a demon Panda Magic slot machine.
$402,411 —Won May 9 by Santigo S. at Golden Nugget Casino on the 21+3 Blackjack Progressive game.
$392,638 — Won July 2 at Scarlet Pearl Casino by unidentified person playing Fortune Pai Gow Poker
$300,000 — Won Feb. 15 by a player from Birmingham, Alabama, at Beau Rivage Resort and Casino 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 during a rare snowstorm by a South Carolina player on a Triple Double Stars slot machine.
$233,519 — Won July 10 at IP Casino Biloxi by Jeffrey from Florida on a Light & Wonder’s Blazing 7s Blackjack table.
$211,961 — Won June 16 at Harrah’s Gulf Coast in Biloxi by Jayne from Texas, on a DJ Poker game.
$204,273 — Won Aug. 15 at Palace Casino Biloxi by Charles H. from Robertsdale, Alabama on a Lightning Buffalo Link.
$150,000 — Won Feb. 12 by a player from Gulfport at Beau Rivage Casino on a Triple Double Stars machine.
$150,000 — Won March 21 at Hard Rock Casino Biloxi. A Georgia player won $1000,000 and $50,000 just minutes apart on Triple Triple Bonus video poker.
$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 of Mobile on Lightning Buffalo Link slot machine.
$122,306 — Won Aug. 1 at Boomtown Casino Biloxi by a player from Mobile on blackjack.
$117,467 — Won Sept. 26 by an unidentified player from Norcross, Georgia, at Beau Rivage Casino on a Buffalo Cash slot machine.
$112,098 — Won May 15 by an unidentified player at Scarlet Pearl Casino on an Aristocrat Lightning Cash machine
$100,000 — Won March 6 by an unidentified player from Kentucky at Hard Rock Casino Biloxi on Game King Triple Double Bonus Poker
$100,000 — Won July 19 by unidentified man at Harrah’s Gulf Coast playing Double Top Dollar slot machine
$100,000 — Won Aug. 25 by an unidentified player at Scarlet Pearl Casino on a Double Double Bonus video poker machine
$100,000 — Won Aug. 31 at Beau Rivage Casino by a player from Daphne, Alabama, on Luxury Line slot machine.
$100,000 — Won Sept. 3 at Beau Rivage Casino by Indiana man playing Double Double Bonus video poker
This story was originally published September 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
