<a href="http://www.sunherald.com/2013/07/13/4794893/mississippi-is-third-winningest.html" >source</a> - Mississippi comes in as IGT's third most winning state, after Nevada and New Jersey. With 403 jackpots and $513 million in winnings, the average Mississippi payout in 21 years is $1.23 million. That is just shy of the $1.3 million average jackpot in Nevada. <a href="http://www.sunherald.com/2013/07/13/4794893/mississippi-is-third-winningest.html" ></a>On July 2, an Alabama man won the $1.5 million jackpot on the penny Wheel of Fortune progressive jackpot at Hard Rock Casino Biloxi.Four days before, on June 28, an Indiana woman scored the ninth-biggest jackpot ever hit in the state when she won $8.3 million playing a 25-cent statewide progressive Wheel of Fortune machine at Fitz Casino in Tunica.Both winners were retirees who said they will share their fortunes -- won on the Wheel of Fortune -- with their families.Two jackpot winners in five days at Mississippi casinos isn't that unusual, says a representative with slot machine manufacturer International Gaming Technology, especially around a holiday. And again, coming out of Mississippi is another instant millionaire! <a href="http://www.gambling911.com/gambling-news/louisiana-man-wins-21-million-jackpot-hard-rock-casino-biloxi-072113.html" >source</a> - BILOXI, Mississippi - A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, man became a millionaire Friday after hitting a $2.1 million jackpot at the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi.The man, identified in a casino news release as Aaron K., works as a cook on a riverboat. He says he had been playing the Wheel of Fortune slot machine for less than five minutes when he hit the progressive jackpot.It is the second Wheel of Fortune multimillion-dollar jackpot to hit at the Hard Rock this month.
