Massachusetts Man Wins World’s Largest Ever Bingo Jackpot at Foxwoods

A Massachusetts man recently set a Guinness World Record for the largest Bingo jackpot ever paid out to a single winner, and it happened just miles from here at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

MassLive reported, “The winner was only identified as Aaron P. from Massachusetts by the casino.”

So how much of a haul did Aaron win?

A Historic $440,000 Fourth of July Jackpot

The Guinness website says, “The largest payout for a game of bingo (single bingo house) is $440,000, and was achieved by Foxwoods Resort Casino (USA), on 4 July, 2026.”

“The bingo session celebrated the 40th anniversary of bingo at Foxwoods, with a total prize pool of more than $1,000,000 for the day, and multiple smaller $40,000 prizes throughout the session,” according to Guinness.

Celebrating 40 Years of High-Stakes Action at Foxwoods

The website Casino Life says, “The record-breaking payout marked a major milestone for the Connecticut resort as it celebrated 40 years of bingo, the game that helped establish Foxwoods as one of North America’s premier gaming destinations.”

The Foxwoods Firecracker High Stakes Bingo event drew more than 3,000 bingo enthusiasts to the casino on a day when most folks were attending backyard barbecues or cooling off at the beach before the evening fireworks marking the nation’s 250th anniversary.

The Evolution of Bingo: From Church Basements to Casino Floors

Growing up in New Bedford, nightly bingo games in local church basements drew scores of mostly women, including my Nana and a couple of aunts. Ironically, lottery games and the rise of casinos seem to have been the demise of church bingo.

How could St. Anthony’s hope to compete with a $440,000 jackpot at the Foxwoods high-stakes bingo hall?