21st casino jackpot brings South Mississippi total for year to nearly $5M

Monday, October 13, 2025 2:10 PM
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  • Mary Perez, Sun Herald

While cars were Cruisin’ The Coast outside the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, South Mississippi’s lucky 21st jackpot winner of the year hit it big inside the resort.

Anita Tomlinson of Columbus, Georgia, was playing the Triple Double Diamond slot machine on Saturday, Oct. 11.

She had played 15 minutes when a $200 bet on the $100 machine won her $144,000 — and the machine and casino floor made some noise.

This is the eighth jackpot of $100,000 or more won at the Beau Rivage this year. It follows a $117,467 jackpot won two weeks earlier at the Beau Rivage by a player from Norcross, Georgia on a Buffalo Cash machine.