Jackpot Round Up: AC Hard Rock Casino Slot Player Wins $1.5M, Wisconsin Visitors Hit In Vegas

Posted on: February 8, 2023, 05:56h. 

Last updated on: February 9, 2023, 10:45h.

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One lucky visitor to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City hit a jackpot of more than $1.5M while playing a slot machine on Monday.

The total payout was $1,511,911.74 on the progressive slot game. The unnamed guest was playing Willy Wonka – Dreamers of Dreams, made by Scientific Games.

On Wednesday night, at another Hard Rock property, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, an unnamed player won $1,122,803 on a Dollar Storm slot machine.

A Hard Rock spokesman said this hit is believed to be the first time Dollar Storm paid out more than $1 million in Florida. Dollar Storm slots are made by Aristocrat Gaming.

Wisconsin Visitors Win in Vegas

Two Wisconsin visitors also won big in Vegas recently.

Timothy Roesler of Athens, Wis. won $117,000 on Monday while playing Ultimate Texas Hold’em at Harrah’s Las Vegas. He won after an hour of play. It was his first time playing the game.

Another Wisconsin man hit a progressive jackpot of $118,553 at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. He won an additional $5K for a $5 fortune bonus bet.

The unnamed player was trying his luck at Pai Gow Poker while at the Boyd Gaming property on New Year’s Day. He won with a seven-card straight flush.

Nationwide Jackpots

Locals are winning at Las Vegas casinos, too. On January 28, a local hit a 7 card straight flush and won $135K. The mystery player was playing Pai Gow Poker at Boulder Station Casino, a Station Casinos property.

At 4 a.m. on Wednesday, an unnamed player won an early morning $125,000 jackpot on a slot machine at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.

On January 4, a mystery player from Ocean Springs, Miss., won $125,177.50 on a slot machine at Mississippi’s IP Casino Biloxi. The person had placed a $75 bet on a Light & Wonder Huff N’ Puff slot machine game at the Boyd Gaming property.

At the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento, Patricia Gentry won a $144,511.66 jackpot on a $2.50 spin late last month. The win came from a Dragon Link slot machine game made by Aristocrat Gaming.

At Iowa’s Diamond Jo Casino, a man from Minnesota won $93K on January 12. The unnamed winner got a $93,522.56 jackpot at the Boyd Gaming property with a $5 bet. He was playing a Wheel of Fortune slot machine. They are made by International Game Technology (IGT).