Gambler bets $5 on slot machine — then wins big jackpot at Las Vegas casino

An out-of-town visitor bet a few dollars on a slot machine in Las Vegas and won a big prize.

Now, the lucky gambler is more than $101,000 richer.

The person from Missouri sat at an All Aboard Dynamite Dash slot machine at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino, the casino said in a June 30 post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The player bet $5, hit spin and watched as the symbols flashed across the screen until a jackpot message appeared.

“Fontainebleau struck gold again. Congrats to our high-limit player who hit big playing All Aboard Dynamite Dash,” the casino said in the post.

The player had nearly $50 in credit left on the machine when they hit the jackpot.

Fontainebleau is on the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip.

This story was originally published July 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM with the headline "Gambler bets $5 on slot machine — then wins big jackpot at Las Vegas casino."

Helena Wegner

McClatchy DC

Helena Wegner is a McClatchy National Real-Time Reporter covering the state of Washington and the western region. She’s a journalism graduate from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She’s based in Phoenix.