TAMPA – A Clearwater resident named Gloria (last name not available) hit a $1,241,642.26 jackpot while playing Aristocrat Gaming’s Dragon Link progressive slot game with a $50 bet Dec. 22 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa.

“All I wanted for Christmas was to hit that progressive jackpot,” the winner said in a statement. “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 $100 bonus free play.

In addition to Tampa, the Dragon Link $1 million progressive jackpot is offered at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood and Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. The progressive jackpot starts at $1 million at each property.

This is the second $1M jackpot to hit on the slot game at a Seminole property in less than 60 days.

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa has paid out over $1.5 billion in jackpots to more than 55,000 individuals thus far in 2021.