‘Record-breaking’ jackpot won on slot machine at Saracen Casino Resort

PINE BLUFF, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A Saracen Casino Resort guest will be going home with what the resort says is the largest jackpot ever won in Arkansas.

Officials with the resort said on Tuesday, a guest from Hot Springs won the platinum jackpot worth $924,562 on a new Whitney Houston-branded slot machine.

“Saracen was the first casino in Arkansas to install Wide Area Progressive slots, machines in which the jackpot grows alongside machines across the United States, including the Las Vegas Strip,” Matt Harkness, General Manager of Saracen Casino said in a news release. “Previous multi-state jackpots have been won at Saracen before, but this shatters all previous payouts.”

Saracen said the machines are licensed by the Houston estate and feature her greatest hits throughout the game. The resort said the machines were installed in August and Saracen was one of the first installations in the South.

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