South MS player puts down a $5 side bet to win huge payout at Biloxi casino
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- South Mississippi player won $254,513 blackjack progressive jackpot at Boomtown Biloxi.
- South Mississippi casinos paid 12 $100K-plus jackpots totaling $3.4M so far.
- Boomtown has an almost $200K 21+3 side-bet jackpot on the $2.50 wager.
This time it was a local player who cashed in on a lucky hand at a South Mississippi casino to win the second table game jackpot in a week.
The unnamed player was playing blackjack at Boomtown Biloxi on March 18. He placed a side bet and won with three aces of hearts on Boomtown’s 21+3 progressive game with a $5 bet.
The Coast man claimed a $254,513 jackpot.
Another jackpot awaits at Boomtown, said Kyle Widdows, vice president of marketing at the casino.
“We have a $2.50 side bet on that same game that has an almost $200K jackpot right now,” he said.
This Boomtown jackpot came the same week as a player from Indiana won a $615,774.40 progressive jackpot March 23 while playing three-card poker at Harrah’s Gulf Coast.
Twelve weeks into the year, South Mississippi casinos have paid 12 jackpots of $100,000 or more at table games and slot machines. The total now stands at $3.4 million for those big wins.
They include:
This story was originally published March 27, 2026 at 11:18 AM.
