jackpot

Example Sentences

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But when she’s not signing books for her faithful readers, Carol glumly disparages her jackpot premise as if it’s a badly written “Star Trek” episode.

From Salon

For the Cosmos heist, the hackers used a technique known as "jackpotting" - so-called because getting the ATM to spill its cash is like hitting the jackpot on a slot machine.

From BBC

Kohelet might have continued toiling behind the scenes of legislative committees indefinitely, he said, but “they hit the jackpot with recent elections. All of the sudden, they were in.”

From Washington Post

Finally, the post ran an ongoing raffle where people could buy tickets in hopes of winning a growing jackpot.

From Seattle Times

Powerball adding 3rd weekly drawing: Lottery players will get more chances to win giant jackpots as the Powerball game shifts to three drawings a week in an effort to build larger prizes and boost sales.

From Washington Post