This time the winner of a jackpot at a South Mississippi casino lives on the Mississippi Coast.
Angel Y. (no last name provided) collected his giant celebration check on Nov. 13. He won not on the slot machines, but while playing blackjack.
“Let’s give a round of applause to Angel Y. for hitting a monumental $401,620 jackpot with Three Seven-of-Diamonds on Triple 7 Blazing Blackjack,” Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville posted on Facebook.
Blazing 7s is a side bet in blackjack that pays when the first cards dealt are 7s.
This is the 19th jackpot paid out since March at a Mississippi Gulf Coast casino. Scarlet Pearl had three in one day on June 28, totaling $234,979.
Here is a list of the major winners in South Mississippi since March:
Nov. 14 — Jack Boswell of Panama City Beach, Florida hit a late night jackpot of $122,029 playing the 10-cent denomination Buffalo Cash slot game at Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi. He had been playing for 40 minutes when he hit the jackpot with a $20 bet.