- A man won over $250,000 on a $5 blackjack bet at a Biloxi casino this week.
- This is the second time this week a casino in South Mississippi has paid out a jackpot, with another man winning over $600,000 at Harrah’s Gulf Coast.
BILOXI, Miss. – For the second time this week, a man hit the jackpot playing blackjack at a casino in Mississippi.
The unnamed man placed a $5 side bet on a 21+3 progressive game at Boomtown Biloxi and won the jackpot with three aces of hearts.
He won a grand prize of over $250,000 just days apart from another player winning over $600,000 at Harrah’s Gulf Coast.
Already having paid 12 jackpots in 2026, legal Mississippi blackjack casinos have paid $3.4 million in cash prizes.
The vice president of marketing at Boomtown, Kyle Widdows, says the casino has another $2.50 side bet with a jackpot of just under $200,000 on the same game.