What’s going on in South MS? Another jackpot hits and it’s one of year’s 10 biggest
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- Harrah’s Gulf Coast hit a $206,250 Million Dollar Dragon Link jackpot Monday.
- Biloxi-area casinos logged 23 major jackpots through 2025 totaling $5.2 million.
- Dragon-themed slots produced multiple large payouts, sustaining a hot run this month.
Jackpots keep hitting at South Mississippi casinos and the latest came on another dragon game.
An unidentified player was at Harrah’s Gulf Coast in Biloxi on Monday, Oct. 20 when he hit the jackpot.
The Million Dollar Dragon Link slot machine paid $206,250.
This is the third jackpot of $100,000 or more won at Harrah’s Gulf Coast this year.
It’s also the 23rd jackpot of the year at Biloxi area casinos, setting a pace of better than two jackpots a month in South Mississippi and moving the total to $5.2 million won on these big hits.
The dragon games are running hot this month. A player also won a jackpot on a dragon slot machine last week at Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville.
The 23 winners so far in 2025 include:
$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.
$206,250 — Won Oct. 20 at Harrah’s Gulf Coast in Biloxi on a Million Dollar Dragon Link slot machine
$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.
$144,000 — Won Oct. 11 at Beau Rivage Casino by Anita Tomlinson of Columbus, Georgia, who placed a $200 bet on $100 denomination Triple Double Diamond
$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
$107,077 — Won Oct. 23 by an unidentified player at Scarlet Pearl Casino on a Dragon Cash slot 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 October 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
