{"id":103942,"date":"2025-12-30T07:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/30\/gamblers-win-big-during-2025-holidays\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T07:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:42:11","slug":"gamblers-win-big-during-2025-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/30\/gamblers-win-big-during-2025-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamblers Win Big During 2025 Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"post-content__sub-title\">\n        Posted on: December 30, 2025, 12:32h.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content__sub-title\">\n        Last updated on: December 29, 2025, 01:18h.\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-info-panel\">\n<div class=\"post-info-panel__author-holder js-open-close\">\n<div class=\"post-info-panel__author-logo\">\n                <img alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-4-1-50x50.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-4-1-100x100.png 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-50 photo\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\" decoding=\"async\"\/>            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gamblers are winning big this holiday season<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>From Powerball to slots, several life-changing payouts have occurred\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">No present was bigger this holiday season than the lucky lottery player in Arkansas who won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/has-the-1-8-billion-powerball-winner-in-arkansas-come-forward\/\">$1.817 billion Powerball jackpot<\/a> on Christmas Eve. But across the country, there have been many other sizeable wins inside casinos.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371861\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO wp-image-371861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-3-858x572.jpg\" alt=\"gamblers slots jackpot roundup casinos\" width=\"858\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-3-858x572.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-3-430x287.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-3-302x200.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-3-238x158.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-3-194x128.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371861\" class=\"text-description\">Big slot wins at Resorts World Las Vegas and Thunder Valley Casino Resort in California are among the many notable payouts this Christmas and holiday season. Major wins continue to occur across the commercial and tribal gaming industries. (Image: Resorts World Las Vegas\/Thunder Valley Casino Resort)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 2025 holidays are ongoing, with the countdown to New Year\u2019s Eve only hours away. Casino gamblers from coast to coast have won big prizes since the holidays began last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With casinos running holiday promotions and an abundance of free slot play being given away, more hits are coming now through New Year\u2019s. Here\u2019s a rundown of the big wins this holiday season so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Slots Players Hit Big<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Dec. 23, a slots player at the Prairie Band Casino &amp; Resort in Kansas playing one of the tribal property\u2019s 1,090 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/irs-releases-draft-for-2000-slot-tax-threshold\/\">slot machines<\/a> claimed a jackpot worth $537,211 on just a $1 bet. The lucky gambler, who wished to remain anonymous, was playing a <i>Gold Standard Jackpots <\/i>terminal. Only a day earlier, a <i>Fortune Frenzy <\/i>slot at Prairie Band won $10,716 on just an 88-cent wager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At another tribal casino, the Thunder Valley Casino Resort in California, a slots gambler playing a <i>Samurai Secrets <\/i>machine hit a $118,428 jackpot on just a one-dollar bet. The major win occurred on Christmas Day, Dec. 25.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Christmas was a wonderful time to see another guest experience a moment like this,\u201d said Dawn Clayton, the casino\u2019s general manager. \u201cThese wins are what make the holidays here feel especially exciting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Christmas Eve, a player gambling on <i>Dollar Storm Emperor\u2019s Treasure <\/i>won a $105,390 jackpot at Thunder Valley. Also on Dec. 24, a gambler at the French Lick Casino in Indiana playing a <i>Blazing 7s Triple Double <\/i>won an $11,221 payout on just a $0.25 bet. Staying in Indiana, a slots player at the Horseshoe Hammond, gambling on <i>Dragon Cash<\/i>, won the grand jackpot of $130,666.79.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In Las Vegas, a guest visiting from Louisiana gambling on Christmas Eve at the Fontainebleau on the Strip won a $186,468 prize on an $8.50 bet. The machine that hit was a <i>Double Firestorm Bison <\/i>terminal.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The biggest casino jackpot this holiday season so far was won at Resorts World on the Las Vegas Strip. Resorts World Las Vegas reports that a guest playing a <i>Double Super Times Pay Poker <\/i>machine hit three royal flushes on a $105 bet that paid $1.2 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It was the second time this month that the video poker machine\u2019s jackpot hit. The odds of hitting three royal flushes are about 1 in 9.6 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Gambling Taxes<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Unless Congress acts, a tax change included in President Donald Trump\u2019s One Big Beautiful Bill will cost gamblers dearly come 2026 and beyond. A tax provision of the Republicans\u2019 bill is that beginning next year, gambling deductions against winnings will be capped at 90%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For decades, a gambler filing an itemized federal tax return could deduct up to 100% of their losses against their winnings. Nevada\u2019s congressional delegation is rushing to amend the OBBB to restore the gambling deduction to 100%.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/jackpot-roundup-gamblers-win-big-at-casinos-during-2025-holidays\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted on: December 30, 2025, 12:32h.\u00a0 Last updated on: December 29, 2025, 01:18h. 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