Okeechobee Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino Pays Two Players 50K Jackpot

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OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (April 22, 2026) – Two lucky guests won a combined $49,184.32 in jackpots between April 18 and April 20 at Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino.

The first winner placed a $9 bet on a Dragon Link™ slot machine by Aristocrat Gaming and won $23,778.82 on Saturday, April 18. The winner chose to remain anonymous.

The second player, from Lake Placid, also wagered $9 and hit a $25,405.50 jackpot on a Crystal Star™ slot machine by Everi.

Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino offers guests a vibrant gaming floor spanning nearly 38,000 square feet, featuring a mix of classic fan favorites and the latest slot innovations, delivering something for every type of player. With 640 slot machines and 18 tables for blackjack, craps, roulette and other house-banked card games, there are plenty of opportunities to win big. Guests can also enjoy a smoke-free area with 104 slot machines and a high-limit section with 42 machines and four table games.

About Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino

The new resort, which replaced Seminole Casino Brighton (first opened in 1980), includes a casino with a total of nearly 38,000 square feet, including space for a total of 640 slot machines and 18 tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other house-banked card games, along with high-stakes bingo action. Included in the totals are a smoke-free gaming space with 104 slot machines and a high-limit gaming area with 42 slot machines and four table games. Dining options include EE-TO-LEET-KE GRILL with 126 seats, a steak house (Josiah Steakhouse) with 62 seats and a fast-service and carry-out cafe offering a combination of items from a coffee bar (Constant Grind) and pizza kitchen (Slice). The resort also boasts an indoor event space with 400 seats for banquet events or bingo games, or 900 seats set up as a performance hall. In a first for any Seminole Casino, the new resort offers a ten-lane bowling alley (Brighton Bay Bowling) of 7,044 square feet. The complex includes the first hotel to be built on the Brighton Seminole Reservation, featuring 100 guest rooms on four stories, totaling 72,000 square feet. Guest rooms include a mixture of rooms with either one king bed or two queen beds, plus three suites and a fitness center. The resort’s name salutes popular sportfishing sites of nearby Lake Okeechobee, where Fisheating Bay is a little more than two miles from the resort. Fisheating Bay and Fisheating Creek get their name from the Seminole name recorded on a military map of 1839, Thlothlopopka-Hatchee, translated as “the river where fish are eaten.”

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