Biggest Jackpot Wins in Early 2025
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Last Updated: March 20, 2025
Even though only a few months have passed since we entered 2025, we’ve already seen some massive jackpot wins by lucky players around the globe. To celebrate these lucky winners, let’s take a look at the biggest jackpot wins so far in 2025.
$9.28 Million on Irish Pot Luck
In late February of this year, an anonymous online casino player from Michigan struck a massive jackpot win on the Irish Pot Luck slot game. This impressive win is not only the largest jackpot of 2025 so far but also the biggest win in US online gambling history.
At $9.28 million, this prize shattered the previous US online gaming record of $6.4 million for a progressive jackpot game. To make this life-changing win even more mind-boggling, the lucky player landed the winning combination on a bet of just 20 cents. In other words, the player won a prize of over 46 million times his original stake.
The player, who wanted to remain nameless, won this progressive jackpot prize at DraftKings Casino. The Irish Pot Luck progressive slot started with a prize seed of $1 million before eventually growing to the aforementioned $9.28 million that the Michigan player won.
$1.3 Million on Jumanji Next Level
On January 14th, 2025, an unnamed player took home over $1.3 million on the Jumanji Next Level slot machine. The lucky player landed the jackpot playing at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. Similarly to the big winner above, this player also placed fairly small bets, wagering only about $3 per spin, as per the information from the casino.
Jumanji Next Level is a popular progressive slot game in land-based casinos, offering several rewarding bonuses and a great progressive jackpot. It is based on the popular 2019 movie of the same name.
$1.18 Million on Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune is known as one of the best-paying slot games in Las Vegas. Over the years, we’ve seen a number of players hit multi-million wins. To be more precise, Wheel of Fortune wide area progressive slots have paid over $6.7 billion since the game’s inception.
The first big payout of 2025 came early, as a lucky player triggered the game’s progressive jackpot on January 15th.
The lucky player won this progressive jackpot playing at the Encore casino in Vegas. They were wagering $9 per spin when they landed the winning combination for the game’s biggest payout.
$497,000 on Quick Hit Explosion
Just two days prior to the $1.18 million jackpot winner in Las Vegas, another lucky player collected a life-changing win, this time at the Pechanga Resort Casino in California. On January 13th, a guest of the resort and casino in Temecula won almost $500,000 on the Quick Hit Explosion progressive slot machine.
As the casino’s representatives confirmed, the player won an impressive $497,000 with a bet of just $4.50. With great luck on their side, they landed the right combination of 30 numbers to trigger the biggest win at this California casino so far in 2025.
$250,250 on Buffalo Link
Staying in California, on the same day, January 13th, another player won a progressive jackpot of $250,250. They were playing the popular Buffalo Link progressive slot. The lucky guest playing at Thunder Valley Casino Resort achieved this massive win on a bet of just 5 cents.
This win came just two weeks after another player won an almost identical amount at this casino. Moreover, according to casino representatives, Thunder Valley has paid out several dozen jackpots ranging in hundreds of thousands of dollars in 2024 as well, so we wouldn’t be surprised if we see several lucky winners before 2025 ends.
$100,000 on 2x 5x 10x Bonus Times
To round off our list of the biggest jackpot wins of 2025, we’ll mention the fortunate gambler who took home a cool $100,000 on the 2x 5x 10x Bonus Time progressive slot. Like the $497,000 jackpot win, this one also happened at Pechanga Resort Casino.
Unlike the previous winners, this player was placing fairly sizable wagers of $30 per spin when he landed the 10 matching bonus symbols to trigger the jackpot.
