30-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Gambler hits slot machine jackpot with 88-cent bet at Florida casino. ‘Holy cow!'
A gambler got lucky at a slot machine in southwestern Florida with just an 88-cent bet.
The visitor sat at a Dancing Drums slot machine at the Seminole Casino Hotel in Immokalee, the casino said in a Jan. 29 Facebook post.
The player bet 88 cents, hit spin and watched as the symbols flashed across the screen until a jackpot message appeared.
The casino said the gambler won $18,661.45.
'Wow on an $0.88 bet….i can't wait for mine….congratulations,' one person commented on Facebook.
'Wow .. congrats. Wish that would happen to me!!' another person wrote.
'Holy cow! That's the best one yet,' someone else said.
A couple of other gamblers have also won big prizes at the casino.
One player went to a Tree of Wealth slot machine, bet $52.80 and won $212,640.60 on Jan. 16, McClatchy News reported.
That same day, a second gambler sat at a Buffalo Link slot machine and won $165,800.
Immokalee is an unincorporated community in Collier County. It's about a 35-mile drive southeast from Fort Myers.
