Michigan player wins $3.65 million jackpot on Hollywood Casino's DropZone slots

A player in Michigan has won $3,656,558 on Hollywood Casino's online platform, one of the largest payouts in the history of US online casino gambling.

The jackpot landed on Sunday on the slot Bao Zhu Fu Red, made by Aristocrat, through Hollywood Casino's DropZone Jackpot programme. According to Sports Betting Dime, which first reported the win, the triggering spin cost the player just $1.06.

How the win compares with other big payouts

The size of the prize places it among the six largest online slot jackpots ever recorded in a regulated US market. It is also the second DropZone jackpot above $3 million paid out by Hollywood Casino in six weeks.

In August, a player at Hollywood Casino's Pennsylvania site won $4.36 million playing Rome Fight for Gold: The Tiger's Rage. Together, the two wins are currently the biggest iGaming jackpots recorded anywhere in the US this year.

DraftKings Casino in Michigan still holds the three biggest online slot payouts on record, led by a $22.4 million win on Huff N' Even More Puff in November 2025. Hollywood Casino's back to back wins in two states have put the operator into that conversation for the first time.

How DropZone jackpots work

DropZone is a local progressive jackpot system that Hollywood Casino has added across hundreds of slot titles. A progressive jackpot grows with every wager placed until it is won, then resets.

Players opt in by paying a small extra fee on each spin, ranging from $0.10 to $0.40, which feeds four separate jackpot pools: Mini, Minor, Major and Grand. Every player who opts in has an equal chance each spin of triggering one of the four, though they hit at very different rates, with Mini paying out most often and Grand the least.

Each tier resets to a fixed starting point once won. Hollywood Casino lists these as $13.75 for Mini, $500 for Minor, $10,000 for Major and $25,000 for Grand, before the pools begin climbing again with new wagers.

Why it matters

Wins of this size are rare. Progressive jackpots of several million dollars typically require many millions of qualifying spins across a network of players before they are triggered, which is why only a handful have been recorded in US regulated online casino history. For the vast majority of players who opt into such jackpots, the outcome is the fixed cost of the extra fee rather than a life-changing payout.

For Hollywood Casino, the back to back wins in Michigan and Pennsylvania offer a marketing boost in states where it competes against larger rivals such as DraftKings and BetMGM for online casino market share. For players curious about how other famous jackpot systems work, our guide to Megabucks explains the mechanics behind one of the best known slot jackpots.