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.

This story was originally published May 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM with the headline "Gambler bets $17.60 on slot machine — then hits jackpot at Florida casino."

Helena Wegner

McClatchy DC

Helena Wegner is a McClatchy National Real-Time Reporter covering the state of Washington and the western region. She’s a journalism graduate from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She’s based in Phoenix.