Two Guests Win Big at Seminole Casino Brighton
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (January 16, 2025) – Two guests were big jackpot winners at Seminole Casino Brighton during the last week.
A guest visiting from Tennessee won a $168,850.22 progressive jackpot on January 6, before another guest from Fort Pierce, Florida struck it big for a $215,077.36 progressive jackpot on January 13.
The first winner was playing Aristocrat Gaming’s® Dragon Link slot machine, while the second winner was playing Apex’s® Clover Link Xtreme – Red Hot Burning slot machine. Following the jackpots, the progressive jackpot was reset to $100,000.
Seminole Casino Brighton will soon become the new Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino, which is scheduled to open next month. The new resort will include a casino with a total of nearly 38,000 square feet and dining options will include EE-TO-LEET-KE GRILL, a steak house, and a fast-service carry-out cafe. The complex will also include the first hotel to be built on the Brighton Seminole Reservation, featuring 100 guest rooms on four floors, totaling 72,000 square feet.
About Existing Seminole Casino Brighton
Seminole Casino Brighton is a 27,000 square foot casino with over 400 slot machines and 10 live table games, including Blackjack, Three Card Poker, craps, and roulette, along with high-stakes bingo action and Josiah, a full-service restaurant and lounge. Live local entertainment is featured weekly on Friday and Saturday nights. The casino also has an area for those who prefer to play slot machines in a smokeless environment. Its warm, friendly staff and rewarding promotions are a welcome alternative to big city gaming. Seminole Casino Brighton is located just west of Lake Okeechobee on the Brighton Seminole Reservation, 17735 Reservation Road, Okeechobee, Florida, 34974. For more information, call toll-free 800-360-9875 or 863-467-9998 or visit us online at casino.hardrock.com/brighton or on www.facebook.com/seminolebrightoncasino.
About Future Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino
The new resort, which will replace the existing Seminole Casino Brighton (first opened in 1980), will include 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. 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 will 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). 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 will also include a ten-lane bowling alley (Brighton Bay Bowling) of 7,044 square feet. The complex will include the first hotel to be built on the Brighton Seminole Reservation. It will feature 100 guest rooms on four stories, totaling 72,000 square feet. Guest rooms will include a mix of rooms with either one king bed or two queen beds, plus three suites and a fitness center. The resort’s new name, Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino, salutes popular sportfishing sites of nearby Lake Okeechobee, where Fisheating Bay is a little more than two miles from the new hotel and casino. 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.”
