A participant from Baton Rouge received over $1m enjoying penny slots in Mississippi. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
A participant from Baton Rouge has received $1,132,124.08 enjoying a 1-cent Wheel of Fortune slot machine at Beau Rivage Resort and On line casino in Mississippi.
Based on the Biloxi Solar Herald, after enjoying the slot for over quarter-hour on Monday, the participant positioned a $3 guess that returned the $1m prize.
Casinos on the Mississippi Gulf Coast recorded 31 jackpots of $100k or extra in 2025, however Beau Rivage now has the glory of being the primary South Mississippi on line casino of 2026 to cross the brink.
first statewide space progressive of the brand new yr”
Beau Rivage’s Senior Supervisor of Slot Operations Steven Mink mentioned the on line casino was “tremendous excited to have the primary statewide space progressive of the brand new yr.”
Mink mentioned that over the previous six years, Beau Rivage has seen its variety of jackpot winners improve year-over-year.
In 2022, a lady from Alabama hit the million-dollar progressive on a Beau Rivage Wheel of Fortune slot to win $1.1m. Based on the Herald, the win got here after Houston businessman Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale “seemingly unfold his luck round the on line casino.”
The on line casino’s slots spokesman added that in 2025, Beau Rivage recorded 192,999 jackpots that paid out $516,348,104. “We anticipate much more winners in 2026,” Mink concluded.
