A popular YouTube star who was staying at a Mississippi casino after fleeing Florida due to Hurricane Milton won a $146,000 slots jackpot. [Image: Shutterstock.com]

A YouTuber with over 858,000 subscribers decided to stay at a casino in Mississippi as he fled Florida before Hurricane Milton hit. Jason Jensen was playing the high-limit Dragon Link slot machine in Biloxi at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino when he won the $146,250 jackpot on Tuesday morning.

you can find fortune in the most unexpected places”

The musician, whose channel “Greatness Reinvented” is committed to doing good deeds like giving food to the hungry, first revealed his stunning win to his Instagram followers. Talking to local media, Jensen described how he never thought he’d win so big, saying that “you can find fortune in the most unexpected places.”

He plans to use the money to help people in need following the destruction that Hurricane Milton is expected to cause in Florida. Some predict it will be the worst storm to hit the state in more than a century, and this is just a couple weeks after Hurricane Helene.