22-05-2025
Gambler bets $17.60 on slot machine — then hits jackpot at Florida casino
A gambler walked away from a Florida casino with a big jackpot prize.
The player sat at a Triple Supreme Xtreme Grand Prosperity slot machine May 15 at the Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino in Okeechobee, the casino said in a news release.
The visitor bet $17.60, hit spin and watched as the symbols flashed across the screen until a jackpot message appeared.
Now the gambler is $53,113 richer.
Okeechobee is about a 70-mile drive northwest from West Palm Beach.
A Las Vegas gambler got lucky at a slot machine recently, winning two jackpots on the same game, McClatchy News reported.
The player sat at a Buffalo Link game at the Four Queens Hotel & Casino, bet $30 and won $5,285.96.
Then they bet $30 again on the same game and won the $12,145.77 jackpot.
