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Player from small town needs just 9 minutes to hit jackpot at South MS casino

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  • A McMinnville player won a $133,956.70 jackpot on a 25¢ Aristocrat slot.
  • Beau Rivage recorded its 16th $100,000-plus jackpot this year on June 8.
  • South Mississippi casinos have recorded 23 jackpots this year, totaling $5.2 million.

Jackpots are on a roll this year at Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi.

On Monday, June 8, a player became the latest to win $100,000 or more at the casino.

The unidentified player from McMinnville, Tennessee was in the high limits area of the casino Monday night, playing the 25-cent denomination Aristocrat Bank Buster slot machine with its colorful graphics.

The jackpot paid out $133,956.70. This is the 16th jackpot already this year at the Beau Rivage, already surpassing the 13 jackpots of $100,000 or more for all of 2025.

It is the 23rd jackpot of the year at South Mississippi casinos, where there were 31 for all of 2025.

The total of these jackpots now stands at $5.2 million, with the top prize of more than $1 million paid at the Beau Rivage in January.

Here are the jackpots won year to date at Coast casinos:

More than $5.2 million has been won in jackpots of $100,000 or more at Mississippi Coast casinos in 2026.
More than $5.2 million has been won in jackpots of $100,000 or more at Mississippi Coast casinos in 2026. Sun Herald
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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