On December 22, a Clearwater, FL resident named Gloria visited Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa and won a $1,241,642.26 jackpot while playing Aristocrat Gaming‘s Dragon Link progressive slot game with a $50 bet.
“All I wanted for Christmas was to hit that progressive jackpot,” said the Clearwater, FL resident. “I still can’t believe my holiday wish came true!”.
In celebration of the jackpot, all 642 slot players who had their Seminole Wild Card properly inserted into a machine within 15 minutes of the jackpot each won a $100 bonus free play.
This is the second $1m jackpot to hit on the Dragon Link slot game at a Seminole property in less than 60 days.
The Dragon Link $1m progressive jackpot can be found at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Tampa and Coconut Creek Casino, starting at $1m at each property.
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa has paid out over $1.5bn in jackpots to more than 55,000 individuals thus far in 2021. There have been over 564,000 jackpots awarded, which equates to over a jackpot paid per minute.